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Weekly Ohio State journal (Columbus, Ohio : 1841), 1844-06-19

Weekly Ohio State journal (Columbus, Ohio : 1841), 1844-06-19 page 1

WEEKLY OHIO 5 3' -!"? STATE JOURNAL VOLUME XXXIV. COLUMBUS, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19, 1844. NUMBER 45. tOIUMNIIKII KVBItY WBDNKMIUY MOKMNd, BY SCOTT & TEESDALH. Olfico corner of High nml Town streets, Butties' Building TICK M.S. Two PnU.AHl PER annum, which must invarinhly be paid in advance, froe of postage or of per ceutage to A items or Collectors. The Journal is nlao published daily during the session o itc LrgMnturc, and thrice n week llio 'remainder of thu year or ft't ami three timet n week, yearly, for $. THURSDAY KVENINU, JUNK 13, 1844. DEl'KAT OK Tit 13 ANNEXATION THKATV IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES. The vote on Mr. Tyler's Treaty for ibu Anncxalton of Texas to the United StnUs, was taken in the Senate on Saturday afternoon last. The vols for and against ill ratification, stands as follows: Vm- Messrs. Alchinson. Baghy, Brecso, Buchanan, Colqnil, Fulton, llnvwnnd, Hrmtertnn. linger. Lewi, Ale-Dnuic, Scmplo, Sevier, Sturgeon, Wnlker ami Woodbury I!. Nays Messrs. Atltn, Archer, Athtrlan, Barrow, Hates, Bayaril, Jtenton, Itnrrien, Chuatu. Clayton. Crittenden, Dayton, Evans, Fairfield, Footer, Francis, Huntington, Jarno-pan, Johnson, Miingum, Merrtck, Miller, Morehend , Ai, Pierce, I'hrlps, 1'orler, Itives, Simmons, Tnllmadgu, Jappan, Uphnm, White, Woodhridgc and WrightiiSt. But one Whig, (Henderson of Mississippi,) voted for it; but six of the Loco Focos against it! Thin, at last, iIuk perplexing question is disposed of, as fnr as the Treaty of Mr. Tyler is concerned. We congratulate the country on the result. Wo give honor to the Whips for Ihc hold and gallant stand ihey took. We point with pride lo the vole ngainst ratification; and it adds to that gratification In find that there are a few men even in the milks of the opposition, who arc not dimmed lo how down to Ihc hoi heads of iho Sooth and sacrifice the honor and peace of the country, lo secure Territory that we do not need and to which wo have not the shadow of a claim. Wo rejoice thai the Executive has hecn rehtiked, and thai the unprecedented mean used liy him lo accomplish his purposes, have been so signally discountenanced by the Senate. Wo rejoice that tli at body upiiii which the hopes of the people rest, is true to its integrity and its conservative character, amidst assaults so tin idiom and iniquitous. Imtor to Ilic Svunte. Honor to the gallant, steadfast Whip niiijuriiy; the people will reward their faithful servants. I lonor lo those of the opposition who have even thus far dared to rehuke the attempt of Ilic Baltimore Convention lo mnkc this a party issue and a test quesiiou in the coming campaign. Fifteen out of twrnty-one opposition Senators have deliberately set llie seal of their approbation not only lo this Treaty, but to the manner in which it was originated, and the outrages that have attended every step of its progress, from its inception in lh secret counsel! of a few desperate political traders audTesa En ml Speculators, to the fulfilment of the Executive rompar l by a virtual declaration of war against Meiieo and every other Hiwcr tlmt dare inter fern lo prevent the consummation or the Treaty. Five of these fifteen represent free itattt, and among (hem are the two Senators of the great State of Pennsylvania, and one of the Senator of New Hampshire! Alas, what a speelnclo ! What a miserable, degrading concession lo the slave-power! A lenrftil reckoning these men will ho compelled touted. Who, a few months would have believed that siitem tfenatort would deliberately rndorso such a project, as that just rejected through the influence of Whig Senate. There it one fact developed hy llio vote recorded abnvc.lhat should be impressed upon every mind, and proclaimed in every ear. Krtrf Southern Loco Foco Senator voted for the treaty! These are the men whodeluutud Mr. Van Buren in the Baltimore Convention. They defeated him, us we as-aertrd,nol on the ground of his hostility to tho ultimate annex nlinn of Tens; but hcraiisc he would not consent to immediate annexation, at the cicuse of national faith, I lie peace of ihc country, and a war with Mexico. They have defined their position in the vote just given, and, at thu smite linn; dis closed the grounds of their hostility lo Mr. Vau Buren. Men can now understand and co for themselves, whether we were nrt right in endorsing the declaration of the New Vork Evening Post, lh.il Mr. Van Burrn's anti-annexation letter was tin causo uf his defeat in ihc Baltimore Convention. WAR KEN COUNTY AKOl'SINd. The Wtiigi of Warren held a very large and enthusiastic meeting at Mason, on Saturday last. It was addressed amid cheer and enthusiasm by t. tax, oft itic mnsti, .. IK tamp- "7aud Thamat Corvin. Jeremiah Morrow, the venetaMe soldier in the Whig ranks of Ohio, presided, John Hopkins, Secretary. The following is one of the resolution! adopted, nnd by ill spirit the rest may be measured; Resolved, That nighl and day, always wc will use our unit- nl and individual exertions milo the full rile nt ol llie iiowcr tiod has given tu, to prefer vu thu 'otiHiiiiiiinn nnd Laws of lliecouniry troui fiich outr;t;eiius Viol;ilnn, am) Ilic great in tenuis ot annculltire. inimtiiiicture and trade from iiucli ho, tile attack that they have encountered for year past. The l.ocos tried to get up a meeting after llio adjournment of the hig. Il wn no go. There was no enthusiasm, no spirit Warren county cannot go for an enemy lo Protection uud the ndvocato ol immediaiu annexation. Our Warren friends pledge the county majority lor Clay, Frelmg- liuysen and ll triloy. Another meeting n lo bo held at Ma aon on tho 'J lh of July, WHAT WILL THEY DO NEXT! The Annexationists having been defeated in the Senate.on the Tyler Treaty, the question arises, will another attempt lie made to accomplish Iho end contemplated by llial treaty ! Our readers will recoiled that Mr. MeDuflio gave liolico in tho Sciiulc, that ho should introduce a joint resolution propo sing annexation by act of Congress. Similar notice was given a week or iwo since in the llmiso, if wo recoiled aright. In anticipation of tho defeat of the treaty, tho dlobt, a tew days since, threw out the following iiiliination, which emits a lilllo light on the uelion presented : " But the exlinrlion of the treaty, wo havn no doubt, will givu birth lo 11 legislative nieature which will bring Texas tula the Union with flying colors." This looks as if an attempt would Ik made, before the closjj of the present session, lo force through a joint resolution. The Southern Loco Focos, we hive no doubt, will endeavor to force nction nt once, if not overruled by the dough-fares of the North. And our present imp'essiou is, that the senso of the House and Simaio will be l.iken upon a resolution coueh"d in general terms, and deigned lo commit tho Whgs against any future ns welt as lite preient plan lor ihc annexation of Texas. We arrive nt this conclusion from n settled conviction that llio traitorous dotigh-fttces of the North, only denim TO MAKE USE or TIIK AMUKXATHtS HV BSTIoN TO HUM nun tiif. fKori.K and to draw off attention from other importa.it itvtct! The same use will Im made of the Oregon question. We call upon our Whig friends to slutid by iho people nnd hold fail to their integrity. A majority of the caplc of the Union will never give their nssent to the extension of Ihc slave power. The views of iho North and every tree Stale in Ihc Union on this point, cannot bo mistaken; and if the question comes up in the shape alluded to, we shall oi-peel to sue the Whigs of Congress speak out in becomes freemen, who revere and cherish tho sentiments of those who established the foundations of our free institutions. We have un abiding confidence in iho integrity nnd wisdom of (he Whigs of die present Congress. They hnvo nobly stood by the people on Ihc TarilTqueslton, and on the annexation question thus far; nnd they will stand by oach other and by ll.o country to lit? end. The people appreciate their fidelity, and their shouts of approbation will go up throughout llio length and breadth of the land. Do what they may, then, on tho Annexation question, from the finality that has intended all their movement thus fur, we arc satisfied that tho next move of the Loco Focos will only hasten and render more certain lint deep, overwhelming, irretrievable defenl thai uwniis them. Latkil Sinco the alaive was written, we liavo received Inter eastern pajiers, which nimounrc the fad thai immediately after the rejection of the Treaty on Saturday last, Mr. llen-lon gnvc notice, in ohii Senate, of his intention lo move for leave to introduce a hill to make provision for the annexation of 'Jxai. This bill, it is supposed, will authorize negotiations with Mexico as well as Texas, lo secure the object contemplated. This agrees with iho suppositions advanced nliove. The allempl will be made to uio the annexation question ns Hit electioneering hobby, in some form less objectionable than thai proposed by Mr. Tylr. If Texas proper could be annexed, without extending the slave tower and sanctioning and fotcriug!Slavcry itself, and with the consent of Mexico, but litllo objectum would m made by tho people of the North. But il il idle lo nuticip'tle such contingencies, ns it is idle and deceptive lo start the project for polilical purposes, Mexico will not give up Texas, uulei she has n quid pro quo. The people of this country will not Mr theitueitei mil I iota to purchase what they not w d, and llien tax themMtlrtt again to piy 1ic debt of 'JV.rni .' The Texan w ill not consent to any project for thu abolition of slavery, and Texas cannot be annexed. Mr. Benton's scheme to Meal the Texas thunder from Calhoun nnd Tyler, will fail. .Mr. Tyler says that if llie preient treaty is defeated, Texas i lost. Ociiuml Jackson says that the "present golden opportunity" for aiuiex'ug Texas must not bu lut; and denounces as Til vermis to the country, those who voto agninit the project! Immediate annexation, with or wilhoul tho consent uf Mexico, nl nil hazards and at any expense, is the ptau lo which the Folkites nnd liiftiuiiouists nro con. milled. Mr. Folk, in his Cincinnati letter, goes for immediate annexation, and he has written nimoihcr sinco to I 'a r roll county Kentucky,in which he re-allirm his declaration ill the follow inj; lanituae: "I will only add ih;il 1 regard the question of the rrafinex-atiou of Texas to the United Slates ai -coud in iiupori.iiico to no other public xutiject or q'letltoii Mbieli now eni-agei the public nllenlioii. In my juilitienl, the present opportunity mIioiiIiI not Ih M of bt'i iiiuiiii; reunited w.lh a country from which the United Slates should never have been separated. HAltMOMY AND ENTHUSIASM IN PENNSYLVA-1 combination of events have been put up as a candi MA! The llarrisburg (Pa.) Intelligencer reports ihc doings of a meeting held in thai cily, for Iho purpose of ratifying llie Lo co Foco nominations nt Baltimore. Tho meeting was organ- zed and n sjm-ccIi delivered, and then came tho lug of war: , llio committee appointed for tho purpose reported n long I tng of resolutions in which llio nartv. as tiioal. avowed (sell opposed lo cverv salulnrv measure and favorable lo ev-1 Ty ruinous one, and resolved many absurd and scvernl im- jHissiblu things such us giving llie electoral vote of Iho Stale to loik, tu i.J electing Muhlenberg. A two line resolution omineiidtiig me course ol our Locoloeo meinoers ot tnu- ;res on mo J anil (iiieition wns nil that whs said on that sub-1 After several more suecches the revolutions were taken ! ill nnd missed, with the exnvtion of one lautiinr Air. MtUl- ! l.l-'.itlEU(i and pledging the Lncofocrant of the Keystone ' to his support, the ptitsac of which wn AKMI.Y OP- i RESPECTABLE (iENTLEMEN. Here commenced a scene that beggars description, in which the whole caravan of 1 Loco Focoiiiu took pari, nod the hyena nature of ihc hnrmo-itious democracy was most strikingly exhibited. Th"sc who attempted to speak on either side were cried nnd hooted down, mi mo iMrsun's Ineii'h tiavniir the maionlv. the ilillicoltv ms irmtiornrilv settled bv the mmlif alton of I'll VSICA L FOItCK, nnd one of iho most independent of the disafl'n-ted asnrtuallv LAID HOLD OF AND DIMliCKD INTO THE STREET, where a reenlar PITCHED BATTLE ik iilani Iwlween llio belliirerenl Polkiles. who voird il into neh oilier after the most upprovel Democratic fashion. (tT Some of the Loco Foco presses ore Irving lo prove, by one Ucn. McCnlla of Kentucky, that Mr. Clay played a game il orag, nlioul n year ago, for thu sum of 52WI. hy, they lay that gamo every dny, and show their hunl so complete ly ns to render themielvcs ridiculnus in the very act. They brag all llio time, and tho poorer their hands Iho louder Ihey brag. Brag is peculiarly their game, and they tnke lo as naturally as to hjinx and slandering. If some of them get jfJIXI for every game of brag ihey play they will lie able lo retire iroin business, in preliy good circumstances, at the end of Tyler's ndmuiiilrnlioii. Seriously. Of all other men, tho Ohio Loco Focoi ! ku!d to the Inst lo say a word nbonl gambling. If they nre not cautious, they may provoke mine cxtosure that will not con- luco muiii to the success of Loco Focoism in Ohio, nt all tvents. The Louisville Journul thus notices Ihc miserable bs- snitlt o( (ien. Mc(.'alln: tien. MeCnlln, of Lexinelon. In nno of his late sneeches. made a charge ngaiiul Mr. Clay on the a leged aulhority of a negro. Thu negro has since denied the truth of the llene- il s itatemeiil. I lie nerre and the (tencral nre at direct issue before Ihc public on n question of vcraciiv. It is feared ry ine iriemts nt w parlies that a iluel will grow out of the hllicnlty. " Pislols for two and coffee for one," the word. IT Mr. Ton left this city on Monday nwrning last. Wo lo not know his destination; bin have heard it intimated lhat he started homo lo make a report of his progress, cYe. Wo learn from the Cainillloninn that he madu a iHcch in Carroll luring his recent lour. I he editor thinks il would lw) a profi-iiblc investment lo raise funds and keep the would be Oovcr- nor going, ns lie would do essential good lo the cause. He was wiiw on the currency, nml had nothing in say about his own princip es. He made a speech also in Tusturawns, du ng his recent tour. The Advocate savs tint with a few irs uolico, a few days afterward, llie Whigs held n meet ing that, for rnthusiaui and numbers fully equalled litll). iiui' persons were present, ttur elo.mcnl young friend Bingham, addressed them hours, at the cud of winch lime liu had left but little of Mr. ToJ'i siieech. PIlOSCItlPTiOM. The Native American auileiriiies of Now Vork cllv have withdrawn their patronage, advertising Ac., from the New rk I ritume, a leading II hz paer in the counlry; ficeatise editor bus ventured to denounce Native Americanism, nnd end ihu ndopicd citizens. Yet the Loco Foco ortss will nlk about ll-e union between Whigs and Native Americans'. ANOTHER LOCO FOCO FALSEHOOD! An nltcmpl is made, by perversion and falsehood, to work up a litllo capital out of a remark dropped in Ihc Senate, a few days nince, on tho presentation of a memorial from some eiiiiensof Philadelphia, by Mr. Archer, of Virginia. The eliiioa nked for a change of Ihc naturalization laws, so as lo require foreigners that hereafter come into the country, lo be here ttrrnty-one yean, before they tan vote. The National Intelligencer's rvMri this notices the remarks of Mr. A. on the occasion: "Mr. A. briefly expressed his views ns in accordance wills those of the memorialists, and said if torn other Senator did not more inlhe matter, lie should feel bound lo do so himself ero long." Tho Bahimoro Republican's correspondent snys that Mr. A. announced Lit porosc lo bring up Iho mailer icr tht election of the Whig AdministrtUion. Now.wc leel justified in saying that the Baltimore prqter is just ns far from the truth ns it was in !, when it started the i.og Cabin nmWiardci-dt story about (Jcncrnl Harrison. According lo the Intelligencer Mr. A. announced his purpose to move in tho matter, if noWy else did so; thus showing that nobody else had manifested a diitiiu mi lo do; and this t evidence that the Whigs favor Native Americanism ! Both Whigs and Loco Fotot have presented a number of similar memorials, and nmong the resl J. it Adams has presented omo. In doing so, he announced his hostility lo llio proposition of llie me morialists ! Now, who represents the Whigs, Mr. Archer or Mr. Adams f By what rule is llio Whig mriy lo Iw held responsible fcr all thai one man in a whole Legulalive liody may tay T What miserable disgusting shiflsarvuiadeiiseof, by ihc Loco demagogues, tocnjoleand seduce foreigners, for the sake of their tottt ! Tho veil they asiuino is loo transparent to conceal their hyporricy. Our adopted citixeus already turu w ith loathing from these base appals lo their passion and prejudices. Thcv know the price they arc expected to pay lor this mork-SN mpnihy ! Whatever Mr. Archer does ho will do on his own responsibility. 1'h Whig party do not aympnlhizs with him in his viuwi on this mailer nnd they will oppose turn almost to a man. THE VOICE OF THE SOCIETY OF FRIENDS. The (linkers are shaking out on the subject of Annotation, as might be expected, fur the preservation of cace and against tho extension of slavery, Mr. White, of Indiana, presented to the U. S. Senate, a few days since, the proceedings of the yearly meeting of iho S.Kietv of Friends of Indiana, Illinois ami Hie wcsicro part of Ohio, remonstrating against Ihc annexation of Texas. One grsiiud of objection sN!Cified, against ndmiMion, was ihc extension of tho limits of llie slave territory of the country. The question of reception was rained, on the ground llial il camr; under the rules applying to nboliiiou eiiii.mi. Mr. W htle, Whig, contended that il should ks received, and announcer) his determination to cnll it up every day nnd del Mia il, unless il was received, Mr. R?rrien, Whig, objected lo thai prt ef the petition which protested ngniusl 1 lie Iiisliluliou of Slavery. Meisrs. More head nnd Crittenden, Whigs from Kentucky, expressed a wih lhat the memorial might be received , as il came from resect-able nnd peaceable eitixens. Mr. While railed for the yeas andrwisou the question of reception. After the memorial wax again read, on the motion of Mr. Harrow, Whig, ol Louisiana, the vole was taken iijhui a motion to lay the question of reception upon the table nnd iUod as follow s, the iwoOhfo Senators skulking, in order tu avoid voting ngainsl the reception of llio memorial. V Ias Messrs. Archer. Alherlon, Atchison, Benton, Berrien, Buchanan, Fairfield, Fullmi, U.ivwood, Heii'lefMin, linger, Johnson, Rives, McDnllic, Hem pie, Seicr, Walker, Woodbury, Wngbt Nais Mesrs- Rjrrow, Bale, Bayard, Choate, Clavion, Crittenden, Dayton, Etmi. Foster, Francis, llAnneg.iii, Hlllililiglon, Mann urn. Miller. Morehead, Nile. Plielp.. Porter, SmiinoiM, Sturgeon, Tallmailge, Upturn, White, Wood bridge 'J I. FoHfirenaf Ihc nineteen who roled to lay tlie question of reception on the table (thus voting against ihc reception of the petition) are ,rn rii, All but three of tho nays nro iiliiz! Wlio nre the frirudsof the right of pelition, and llio enemies of a gag rulcf This vote shows. THE DEMOCRACY OF PENNSYLVANIA, CANNOT TAKE THE DOSE I Tho following it from a leading Loco Foco paper of Philadelphia, (l" "American Sentinel.") "A demiKrat" has, before this tune, we promnc, scon Mr. Polk's denunciations of iho doctrines of Protection, and his anathemas against llie preient Tariff, some of which apcar in llie last evening's Statesman, and aro very highly commendod as "principles around which the democracy will rally. " They will soon see how the people of Ohio relish tho aulMurilf doctrines of Polk The following is an extract . "The Forum of yesterday gives n number of extracts said tr be taken from speeches against the Tanlf, nllegi d to hate beeu delivered by Col. Polk when in Congress, nnd during bu ennvast w ith dov, Jones, the present Executive of I cu licssee, hist fall. Relieving that then is somn minioreln'ii- Sion on this inliject, 1 leirv vou lo nllow me tu nk through your paer of Col. Polk s rriemU al aliuigli)ii, wticOii is true lhat Im' is o tunned to the iireient Taiilf. And I tiio more anxious on tins subject, as urn a Demoerat, and desire tu volu lur Col. I'ulk uiilesi he is opncd to u. A DEMOCRAT." HOW THEY LOVE RETRENCHMENT ! ! A joint resolution was presented to the House of Repre sentatives, a few days since, fixing a day for the cunsidunitioti of several retrenchment bills; nnd among Ihc rvit one lor re-during the p-iu of memliert! The present Douse of Congress, il will b recollected, contains a majority of something liko Jifty l.oca Focos ! They denounced tho long sosiion and tho extravagance of I ho last Congress, and set mil with a promise to do wunders in tho way of Mrrnrlimsnf, rWaclttrfi of trstgri, Jtc. They haw Wen iu session between six mid seven months, and have not relinquished n cent of their eiht dollart pr day Our rentiers will mil le surprised, therefore, when wo tell them lhat the almve named resolution was laid Ujxm tht table ! THE POSITION OF POLKITES DEFINED! The New York PU U-inn drags ,towu the (lag of the Union that has heretofore floated nt the licnd of its coin nun, to half-mast! mid runs np alme it a Ihg inicrileil with '1tregm, Texas and I'otk !" That's il. Down w iih the I 'iiion down with the North down with free lalr and the power of iho free Slates. Up with the Mack llag of nulihYntion shout for the extension of the slave-power nnd southern dictation limit for slave labor, the voke.lhet liain and the ladi! Spirit of Freedom, whi re lnmtiers your Veugance f Men of tho Nor lb up, s eak ; rebuke liioso who would thus tusull ami dihouor you. AN INSULT TO IRISHMEN! Let It be remembered lhat the dtgrncefu1 sentiment and destardly uisull conveyed in Iho following, came from the lips of one Pat it ten CoI.mks, who has bteti hired Uy the lkaii-Klis of the l,oco Foco party of itlno,, to )ernuihulalu thu Statu of Ohio, to leach honest, industrious Irishmen how in vole. It was uttered in a speech deliverr I i n this cily, on Monday, llie .hi dny of June. Let every Irishman who knows how to appreciate hi privileges ai a freeman, and is conscious of tho value of a free and unrestrained rxercie of the right of kiulVage, sttim the dictninm of this cnioied luKilicr : "1 there be an lrihman in'f'iitt the $ohw! of myroice, nrhn is so recreont as tu rote for ami other th.tn the nominee of the li.ittimorc Convention, had I my nil! uf htm. I trimtd tie him tu the lad of a butfato, and have htm dragged over the lUtky Mountoint, ALAS! HOW ARE THE MltillTY FALLEN I Tho Statesman bring! out iwo or three pictures lo commemorate iho flection of Loco Focos in Iwo litllo towns in New York, Cnnanduigiia and Liverpool. In the first numcd place Ihey have a majority of thirteen out of votes, nnd nt they say, tho Whigs had a majority of "six or tight'' in ItlWf This majority was secured by closing the polls an hour licfore tho usual lime. Alas for Loco Focoism; when il is compelled lo makt such a display over such a victory. If thai is'ut digging deep lor small potatoes, and then not getting enough lo keep off starvation, wi should like lo see an ex n tuple of such a process. SETTLE IT BETWEEN THEMSELVES. Mr, M. 11. MeiUry tlvnies in tailcM'tun;;' Statesman, over his own name, llie charge made iu Tuesday 't Journal, lhat Mr. Hartley ni.uk' use of nrerlaiu ulg.tr and blasphemous ex pression, inihu Baliiuioro Convention. Well, we quoted from ilm tilobe, and as the falsehood is Ix-lween the (H-l ami Mr. Medary, ihey ran settle (he in niter between them, We acknowledge il is raihcr poor auiltoriiy; and we do not ollen ilejH'inl upon it. f.'np.tiiiiif, Wlini diolricldid Mr. M. represent' John K. M rer an I J. C . McNulty were coupiciious actors in the Con vention, both from this district, How many more wen; there, to represent this district f UT The .Statesman avers Hint Hon. John Channv, of Fair ield, heard Mr. Clay make u-o of the profane cxoreioii laid if have been applied by him to Mr. Polk, while the hit ler was Speaker of the House. He wants to know whether we would doubt his wird. Yes, just as soon a yours ; if he were to make the charge ; for men equally as good as Judirc 'hnmy have pronounced it false. Jl DUE E. Kl.sti. W were sorry to see in the Cincinnati (i ueltp, an l one or Iwo others pnjier, some disparaging remarks louehiiig thu cha racier and qualification of Judgv Kuig. of Philadelphia; who has been nominated ,y Mr. Ty ler, In till the vacancy on the Ih'iicIi uf the Supremo Court. We have known Judge King for many years, ami hesitate nol to say that ho standi among tho first and highest at the Philadelphia Bar, nnd is, in every respect, well qualified tor the distinguished imsl, for which he has been named. He will, by his urbniiity, dignity and habit of application, mrmiiriid himself to the lieuclt and bar, should his nomination be confirmed. It Mr. Tvler makes no worse numiuiiions, wo shall be ditposed to spare him ecu sure. OT Magnificent Slrawbeines are selling very low in the East; and nro more plentiful than ihey have been for many years, Iu Newark N.J. Ihey sell at from 3 lo A cents per basket a linikci contains quart. 10,000 batkuts wore sold in olio day at Newark. THE MF.THODIST UENERAL CONFEHENCE. Elecled Rev L. L. Hamlino and Ruv. E. S. Junes, llidt op of tho Methodist Episcopal Church, ou Thursday Inst. hole numlior of votes cast l"o'; uf wlucS, on llio ,td ballet Mr. HnmliiHi had Wl and Mr. Janes ir.f. Rev. Ilascoin In 'ri votes for the same oflico. A connnillee tinvo rejxirled a plan upon which the division may be made fair mid ispiitnblo to lie adopted if the Southern delegates insist on withdrawing from their present cc.-lciinlicnl euuutclion. It innkui a fair division of projHTly. Ac. IJT The Whig Central Comnntlw of Richland county is sued a spirited address to the people of that rounly.in tlio last "uglij. ' "Tin coarso nnd blaq.lie:nitus hmgimge of Henry Clnv, hen In; addressed Col. polk, am! told lutn lo 'go'lioim. !" as characteristic of the man. and u d.-soied nl.k.- bv 1'olk mid the Amcncaij people." .Wio York Flehrion. In the most dehcate manner imaginable, we would sav lo Ihu Pelebeiun thai be lie nbomm-ibly, when he attributes this language lo Henry Clay. It was uttered by ntiother, and every Loco Focu that dnrrri Mr. CUy w.ili n; doe so knowing that it is an infamous ho. imiNtl ON YOU II SPEAKERS AND DOCUMENTS. is intimated in Ihc Staiesiinii lint there are Loros here ready to aceepl the challenge of Mr. tiallaway, lor a discussion II.; .In... . Wr- nre r-ndv. Itnt .Ui'l nfi,..t lo skulk ttehiud your luiserablc "Inrgaiil nnd Sale" slanders. I'rotecliort, Annexation, were the questions .Mr. (i. pro- iHiseu Iu Uiscuts. THE SPIRIT OF THE PRESS. The editor of the Winchester Virginian, auuouiices I li rough his pajKT thai there it uWil to In-a lall W lngic niised Im.-fore his otlieu door, with a streamer iXi feet long lion l tug from is top. Speeches aro lu Ihj dehvvad. Hurrah lor Ihu Whig press. IJT They lime a travelling Clay Club in Alliens county, win ne iniiiiirss it is, ax we leiim Irom llie Athenian, lo viil llie various townships iN-lwtvn this nod the election. We hope to sea Athens county Hand forth ill her pride, adorned 'n all her strengih once more. HARVEST. Tho Rinlmmnil Compiler states tlmt tho farmers along- tho river ho low, have hoc it cnnod in Imr-veatiujj Wheat for a week or more, with fine wcath-or! There in very litllo complaint of the crop. WHM1 MASS MEETINH IN MONUMENT SttUAItE, BALTIMtHtE. Ouo of tho largest meetings, composed exclusively of the ciliens, was held ill Baltimore, a few day since, thai was ever before convened in tin? monumental citv. It is computed hat 11 or W,tn hig were prctenl. I ho ( lav Club of each want formed in profession and mirched to Monument piare, carrying banneri, transparencies, lorche, Ate. The houses iu iho vicinity ol tlio mceiui; were illuin iuled, and tho i. lies thronged the windows waving banners and handker chiefs, as the procession pissed. The place of tlie meeting os brdhaiitly dluinuinled by the celebrated Dnimmond lihl. AildresM were delivered hy M.-ssn. J. P. kuinedv, ol Bab more, Saunders of Virginia, Milton Brewn, of Tennessee, Fool of Vermont and Schenrk of Ohio; nil nicm1cr ot Cnugret. Wo give lelow a brief sketch of the speeches ol Messrs. Brown and Seheuck, taken from the Baltimore Patri ol. Let those w ho imagine lhat Mr. Polk stands any chance of carrying Tennessee, give heed lu Mr. Brown's spvtcli, and ihey will think so no more- Mr. Kennedy then introduced to the meeting J(idro Miltnn Brown, who, ho told the nicetiiiL', caino from Mr. Folk's own Slate, nnd could tell ttiein soinclhiiijr of that but little known iersoiini,'o. Air. Brow n was sutleniiir W illi a cidd, and rtaid Uint for lhat reason ho would neccmmnly bo obliged to ko Ins remarks bncl. llo canto Irom tho Statu which had recently been honored by a Natiounl Con vention that met at in tins city honored, he mud, became tlmt Convention had put such nn exalted call- male upon the atimhrd of political clmrncti'r nnd uaehtlnens e.itnblislied by FiMittflarn, that they I tail actually nominated a man for President who the people ot 1 emtef iee liiul twice sntu was not ijoou enotttrli to bo Chief Mneittralo of their Common- wi'Hlili. Mr. B. had no doubt that llio people o Hie United Male, when thcv ramo to know Mr. Polk. would endorsonnd conl'inn iho opinion of the people uf Tonnptwo, by decidutfr that ho was even les worthy ol tiring President titan ho was of ociiiff tiuv-1 ernor. lie had iniJfrn'tooil that nno of the tleleffnioa from Tennosaee in the Loco Foco National Convention undertook lu pledge tho vote of Tennessee for .Mr. Polk. INow tie, .Mr. It. had some acquaintance with the people and tho politics of Tenui'Hsuc, and ho here made bold lo say, tlmt Mr. Polk could no more rot Tunnesnee as a cnndidato for President than he could when a candidate lor (iovernor, and ho had twice been defeated fur the lattorollice. All tlio influences tlmt could bo brought in favor of htm for President, hid full play when he wns a candidate for (inventor. He nns n mnn f wealth, and hnd extensive eotinecltons he hnd the inllnenco of tho lion of llio Hermitage, nnd the re m; a led, pewonally expressed wish of tho lion, tlmt tlio people should elect him (iovernor. And yet be bad twice bucu defeated. Il would bo roineinliured that laat year, when tlio tide seemed to Imvo turned every where against the Wit iji, tint Tennessee nobly brcfticd it and luriiod it bark. On lhat occasion, even nt tho door of the llermilnjfo, and where tho lion huiuoll stood by and voted an open ticket, Folk was boat two to ono! Who, after this, can doubt thai tho people of Tennessee, havitiT rejected him for t lenser, will reject him nffain when he nppliea for n greater nllice? Willi tlio private life of Mr. Folk, Mr. Brown said ho hnd nothinir to do. llo did not attack any man's private character, sud would not that nt Mr. I'ulk. All that he would say wns, that be did not endorse it. With his public life wo all havetodo, nndilaa when it cotnea be known would he condemned. It is true that M r. Folk's political opinions aro little known beyond Tcnnesacc: but there, ns ho has been in inspiring man, wo have, but not without difficulty, got them nrotly eenurnl iu print. Inquiries liavo boon made of the Tenuesneo members ol Congress fnr the circulars and addresses of this new and unexpected candidate fur the Presidency; and ihey had nol them nt baud to furnish fur no human being in Tennessee ever supposed that he cuuldby any possibility or date for tho Presidency, and therefore never t'louglit of preserving his history. But it is known, and will bo forth-coming in duo time. And then it will not astonish the people of tho United Stales, thai Tennessee twice rejected him for Governor; though it will cause il to be more of a wonder how any number of men, assembled from all parts of the Union, could havo been guilty of tho fully of nominating him for President. Mr. Brown then referred to Mr. Polk's opinions upon tho Tariffand tho Hank showing thnt ho was the opponent of protection, and tho advocate of the exploded pet Bank system, lie stated some gratifying fuels in relation to tho 'popularity of the tariff in Tennessee. How ho voted for the tariff in 14:2, ono of votes that he regraded ns (he best he had ever given and then returned to Tennessee. How ho wim nominated for to-eleclion in one of the largest cotton growing dittneta in the State, and whilst his opponent had taken ground ogniimt the tariff he had taken bold ground in fnvprof it every whero resting his oleclion upon it, and making it, as far as ho could, a test (juerition. Tho result was that ho was re-elected by a majority of !W00 votes! This tariff question had conned to he a sectional one. Tho South had como to understand that they had a deeper interest in it even thin tho North ; nnd ifiho latter should now think of abandoning it, tlie Smith Would take it up and support t Mr. Brown here imicated his intention to closn, but tho mcelitig cried out for him to "go on." Ho said he wuuld liko to do so, if his henlth allowed it, but could not now. Beltru taking his neat, however, bo would say, thnt Maryland and Tennessee were a sort of rivals in the mil tor of doing good, and be proposed from his Stale a challenge here. In the memornblo contest of lril-i, when Mr. Polk wns distanced for (iovernor, the Whigs of Tennessee not only stopped the downward tendency of politics, but claimed tu have also saved the U. 8. Hennte, and in conscipjcnco the tariff of 1SPJ, by electing two Whigs to rcprnsent them in the U. 8. Senate. After this, the Wbigs of Tennessee were pleased to regard thornselves ns the best Whigs in the Union. About thu time the discusttbn came on in Congress Inst winter, on the subject of electing members of Congress by districts or by general tickot. an election was held in Maryland. And, this general ticket nnd district system whs (nought by tts of Tennessee and by all Congress loo, on both side", to be a very knotty question. The Whigs were for the districts, and the Locos for tho genera) ticket. In the midst of tlio discussion, tlio Whigs of Maryland declared for tho general ticket nnd rolled into the House of Representatives six ol the best Wbigs tho country can produce. Now this decisive movement of the Wbigs of Maryland hns given them great eclat; and wo of Tennessee aro not now so sure that we are the best Whigs in tho Union. It is pro posed then to try the tnattor over ngniu, mid here said Mr. 11. for Tennessee, isking that due allowance shall bo mado for the fact thai wc havo tho lion's ilen in our borders, and tho polk nn our soil making allowance for theso disadvantages, wc challenge .Maryland to decide this question id which are thu best Whigs at the polls iu November! Amid n shower ot applause, and a general cry of 'agreed," ''agreed," Mr. II. look his scat. Mr. Schenck, of Ohio, ne.Nt followed. As the hour bad grown bite, his remarks were necessarily circumscribed. Ho wns greeted with threo honrly cheers, and honrd with deep interest. Ho referred in a most eloquent maimer to thu great INationul Y lii;r Jubilee field in Baltimore the hrst week in May last, in which he had participated with so much delight. Tho scene on tlnl occasion w as one never to ho Inrgotlen. It hnd loft impressions upon his mind and heart lint time could not efface. In casting his eyes around him on the present occasion, and in looking up to the windows, ho wns again forcibly impressed with the truth that the Indies had enlisted in our cause. I lie sime bright eves, smiling coun tenances, and fair forms that smiled upon thu Wliics a month ago, welcomed them by waving snow-white handkerchiefs, nnd strewed their pathway with w re it i is ol (lowers and lieaulilul bonnet, wero again to be seen decorating tho window, and giving countenance not only to this meeting but to tho cmno which those comjmsiny it had ho nobly es poused, i he compliment thus paid by Mr. M. to tho fair daughters of our city was warmly and heartily rospomled to bv all present In relernng to tho recent Loco hoco Convention, licld iq ihu. pitv Mr H, stid,hiM- lid l,oor in aptfmivn three dnys,aud (izzled and luzled till Ihey had completely fizzled out. A mountain had been in labor and brought forth a moitae. To give an idea of whtt wns meant by tho term fizzled in his country, ho w-nttld tell the nnecdote wheruo it received its origin. There was a blacksmith in ( bu who hnd tho reputa tion of being a good sort of a fellow, and a chonp workman. A neighbor ol Ins hnd a piece ot iron, which ho desired wrought up into some tangible, useful shape, nnd he asked the hhcksmith what could bo mado of it Tho Smith replied bo wns of opinion that it would make a ploughshare, and went tu work to so transform it In this, however, bo failed, but came to the conclusion thnt it would mnkc an axe, be accordingly tried to mnkc that kind of nn instrument, but wns in like manner unsuccessful. I am of opinion said tho Smith, failing in tho first two attempt, that it will make a pick axe, and he tried to form it, hut ngniu f-iiled. Then, said hn, (hero can he no mistake in its making n simple wedge,, he went to work to make that, but the attempt also failed. Tho owner of tho iron by this timo grew impatient, nnd in hither an agitated manner, whilat the iron wns still hot, eagerly enquired of the Smith, "Then what tho d I will it make?" "Why, sir," was tho reply at tho same time plunging tho hot iron into tho slack tub "you ice it will mako a fiz." Such was the case with tho late harmonious Loco Foco Convention. Material had been given them out of which to notninito candidates for President anil Vice President. They tried to work it up in almost every nlnpn, but finally, ntVr reputed failures, plunged it into (heir peculiar political slack-tub and made only a glorious fiv, Mr. 8. traced the politic-il enreor of Mr. Polk and Dallas, nnd clearly shewed their opposition to those leading principles of the great Whig party, so inseparably connected with the success ol American institutions and tho encouragement of domestic industry. He spnko for Ohio and gurtnnteed for her a glorious Whig triumph at. the approaching Pre.tidnn-tial election. She stood firm by tlio principles which, liko a whirlwind, swept down and uprooted IKofocoistn in IHU). Ho nllude l also to tho subject of tho re-annexation of Texas to tho Federal Union, in a manner highly satisfactory. Sovcril questions woro propounded from the crowd, which woro answered with happy effect His speech thro-ont was repeatedly and enthusiastically cheered, and an 'I nll'inlcd to tho immense miss who heard it not only an instructive, hut highly amusing entertainment, llo closed hy proposing threo cheers for "II uinv or tiik Wkst," which were responded to nt shouts tlm rout the nlmnriphcro. Wc have only been able in this brief sketch to notice a few of tho points treated upon hy Mr. He he nek. lie is certainly ono among tho very bent popular orators. The meeting hero closed, and the ('lay Clubs with tlie banners nnd music, formed again in procession and proceeded each to their separate wnrds. Amfkh'a Hkh uui anh. A largo American Republican Association has been formed at Charles ton (H. C.) As this is a Polk state and the movement cannot by nny impudence bo charged upon tho logs, we pivo pnrtut the Kcsolutioun, HisQlrttL 1 hat the true interests ol the rnuntrv do. mniiil thnt the present existing Naturalization Laws should bo so altered nnd amended ns to require of all loreignem, who may lierealler come among ns, n residence of al least fitleon years befortj they shall exercise (he privilege of the elective franchise, main taining that the stability and future prosperity of our common country demands that tins change should tie ciicctcd. SOUND 1HILTKINK AND KKNTIMKN'T KKOM A POLITICAL OPPONKNT LKT TIIK NOllTIIKKIN POINJIIPACKS BLUSH AT TIIK KKBUKETIIUS ADMLNLSTi:itP.I! Wc admire iho hold and iu lcpcndont spirit that charac terizes the New York Evening Post. Standing, as it does, nmong tho aides t and mnvt indefatigable of llio opjuisiliou presses, iu counsels have hitherto lieen received w ilh thai deference due to talents and sagacity. Il is said lo Iw high in Iho confidence of Mr. Von Hureii, and to have a larger share of his approbation than any other paper in the country. VY hether this is correct or not, wu will nol pretend lu suy; out certain it is (hut the Post has stood hy Mr. Vim Buren in evil as well ns good report; and has never before hesi'aled or faltered in its advoenry of the doctrines anil measures of llie uiriy to which it belongs. Under such cirruinslauccs, its counsels on the present oceasion cannot fail to receive at the hands uf the candid nnd intelligent of the opposition, deep and serious considcrai ion. It has denounced the cringing subserviency of Northern men as exhibited in tho Baltimore Cotivenlioti, nud has not hesitated lo ascribe the defeat of Mr. Van Buren to Ihc dictatorial spirit of the tiouili. It has re fused lo follow the lead of those who seek lo make tho Annexation of Texas an issue between the parlies in the present contest and it lakes high moral grounds on Iho question presented. Vol, because wc have endorsed its views and allirin-cd with it and other presses thai Mr. Van Huron wns cheated oul of tho nomination, by a palpable violation of tho democratic principle, and iho craven subserviency of Northern loughfnees, il is said llinl wo pretend lo feel a great deal of sympathy for Martin an Buren, and thus show alarm al Ihc nomination of Mr. Polk. Thcnttempl lo cheer up iho doubl ing nnd wavering, nnd cnliii the parly iu favor of the nomination by Murh n shallow subterfuge, is loo preMislerout lo need notice. Wo cipress no sympathy for Mr. Van Huron. YY e have not changed our estimate of Iho man sis the least. We gave him credit for his aiiii-aunciniiou Idler, and so did tho doughfaces of the North. They turned round nml aban doned him uhcrwards,al the bidding of the tiotulq and ndopi- I an issue thai lie has repudiated. Wu denounce them for their trcacla-ry and subserviency; and they will yel learn that the people despise them for il. If they doubt it, lei them consider the following from thu New York Evening Post; and ci ther acknowledge their shame, or show wherein the rebuke of the Posi is unjust. Tlio Post is speaking of an article iu the Mndisonian: Well, if Texnfl is lost to the Union we know of several persons who will endeavor to bear the mis fortune with becoming resignation, bven .Mr. 1 yler it appears irom this article, will not submit with an ill grace. Ubservo with what dignity he shakes oil the Oust from his teet ns a testimony against those who, alter all he has uono to bring tho Texas question into our politics, have tho ingratitude not to accept him as their candidate. Not upon him will rest the responsibility ot tailing to secure the great bulwark to our domestic institutions, but upon those ho unrighteously seek to appropriate to themselves the advnniago of his meritorious labors. For our part, wo aro very sure that the sooner Texas is lost to the Union the better. Nothing but mischief has thus far proceeded from the project of annexing u iu mis country- mi iiiiainoiis iruniy, an official correspondence disgraceful to tho nation, the introduction of a now party test, which sets aside as incompetent fur public otlico tho highest talent and most exalted virtue, if its possessor bo not in fa vor of Annexation, these are the fruits of tho Texas pjcstion. and tho sooner tho root ol bitterness from which they spring is plucked up nnd cast out the better. For our part wo hope tho timo will shortly strive when wo shall hear ns little of Texas as wo do of Venezuela; or hear of her only ns a quiet noigbbor minding her own business wiUioul our interference, and occupied in those peaceful cares which best suit tho genius ol Kcpttulics. Other tidings wc pray may never be brought to our cars. meantime there is no doubt in our minds that the Texas question being no longer useful to the pur poses of personal ambition, will lose its interest for many persons. A lew candidates tor tho higher ot tices, and thousands for the inferior ones, stood armed with their fans nnd oil pots, around tho llames of the Texas agitation, aiding to mako them burn more tiercolv. Now lhat tho question of the demo cratic nomination to tho Presidency is settled, and settled iu a way with which neither Mr. Tyler, nor, if wo can trust to report, his distinguished Secretary of State, nor several other aspiring men of tho democratic party, aro exactly satisfied ; tho blazo will wo supposo be allowed to subside, and tho embers to grow cool. Personal ambition is a powcrlul Btttnu- lant to patriotism, inu it is wunderlul how quickly, when its mottvos nro withdrawn, 7.eal often lapses inu) iiiuiiiurciice' i ne speculators and those whose attachment to slavery is fanatical will do their best to koep up tho agitation, but unless they have the help of tlie politicians, they can do but little. Kmr.--Messrs. Huly &. Lingstuff's Stoam Saw Mill was destroyed by fire on Monday night Insl. Tho lire broke out nenr ten Aoie it caught is not known. The proprietors believe it to be tho work of nn incendiary, inasmuch ns tho place whero tho nnmen broke out was tar on irom tho furnace, and tho liro Mwet out" nt 7, when the Mill was nhiit up. 1 no loss sustained will bo between If and I ,( H K. Four lino horses, tho harness, the chief part of tho machinery, nnd what lumber and laths were in nnd around the building, were destroyed. The Saw Mill was a double one, having two engines nnd two setts of saws. Four horses wero iivod. Vincimutti titntttt. MimtiKiiKR Cai out. Tho Lignn (iazetto of Saturday says: 'A man was arrested in Branch Co., Michiifnn, by citizen ol Fort Wayne, (hid.) whots identified is nno of the persons riding nno of the borsos stolen from the stable of Mr. Crawford a few weeks Ago, and consequently cither the mnn who murdered M. Parish or Ins comrade. The mail carrier, Mr. Cordon, swear most positively to his identity. His name is II. F. Dublin." This Dublin bad a hearing at F null ay on Saturday week, and was fully committed for trial nt the next term of tho Hancock county court. IVtVina Ciditit. TWENTY GOOD REASONS tVhj Tex(t$ should nol be dniurtd lo the United States. The Savannah Republic furnishes tho following conciso but cogent arguments against tho Tyler schemo of Annexation: 1. Because there is nothing in the Constitution to authorize the acquisition of new territory, particularly when involving a declaration of war. v. Because to annex I exas, whilst at war with Mexico, a power with which wo aro at peace. and to which we aro bound to bo neutral, violates our treaty obligations. if. Because such a violation is wrong, and dishon ors us in the sight uf all civilized nations. 4. Because wo shall, by such a step, bo involved in nn unjust war, nnd in an unholy cause. ;. iiecnuso such a war, with such motives and for such an object, cannot bo proiecutcd with union, zeal, spirit, nnd complete success. ti. liecnttao tho design in opening tho subicct at this timo, is evidently to promote the ambitious views of John Tylor without regard to the interests of the country. 7. Bccniiso tho mnttcr has not been de ihemtelv considered by tho pooplo of this country, nor their views expressed. H. Because tho whole course of tho negotiation is dishonorable and degrading to our country, whoso dignity hns been sacrificed and overlooked to gratify private and personal ends. B. Because this country hat just emerged from great disorders of currency and commerce, nnd needs rest from trouble and agitation, nnd is not in a fit stnto to involve herself iu now difficulties and em barrassments. 10. Bee an 10 it would weaken nny rcmonitranco or opposition on our part against tho acquisition of uutia oy ureal uritain, II. Because it would bo an act of cownrdico and oppression towards Mexico, ns a weak nation, which wo siioum licsilalo to pcrKjtrnte towards a stronger ono. Pi. Decauso wo have land enough within our present boundaries moro than can bo well cultivated or properly occupied. PI. Uecauso, to till upTcxas.ndraft will bo made upon the Southern States, nnd tho new country will bo tilled up at tho expense of tho old. 11. Becaiisu, in this depopulating tho old Southern States, their political nnd moral iutluenco would bo diffused and weakened, and tho loss would outweigh tho gain. I"). Because, in a thinly settled country, the difficulties of education, of social, moral, nnd intellectual improvement, aro increased, while in a floating population Ihc lovo of country must always bo weak. hi. Because, where population il sparse, agriculture must be backward, nnd in e fleet partial. i. itecausc tho united suites would havo to ns- in no a debt of ten millions of dollars, and what wo are unwilling to do for our own States, wo ought not to do for foreigners, 1H, Uecauso tho incroaso in tho quantity of our public lands would decrease tho value of those we already jmssess. 111. Ilecauso our Oovcnimont is already nnffirient- ly unwieldy, and sectional jealousies already render it sii flic ie nil y difficult to preserve our Union, whilo the precedent would be a bail one, lead to dissun- non, and perhaps sow tho seeds of civil war. 'M). Ilecauso tho present hounilnrv of Iho Sabine was fixed by Wm, 11. Crawford, John C. Calhoun, Win. Wirt, nnTjnmes Monrne, in preference to tho Kiuuraiide, tor reasons which were then satisfactory. lliuii Bruno i ml Wo heard it said in tho street yesterday, that some man had deposited in Wash- ugton city MHUHHJ tor tho imrposo ol betling mon Polk nnd Dallas. Wo nre authorised by a number of gentlemen to inquire it such be the fact; and to say that, if it ho, thu whole will be immediately taken up. Will our friends of the Standard bo so kind ns to publish this notice, nnd let us know if the facts areas represented? itichmnntl Hhiir, Wo doubt it very much: we have honrd ol sever al beta having been mndo upon siuglo Slates, but you can't got anything like "even up" out of the party. Wo can inform our friends of tho Whig, that, should such be the fnrt, it will not be sintered to go out of the District: nil such chances as that will be "promptly attended loat tho inorfrff notice." 19 hig tViriKMrrf, A gang of counterfeiters, some lift eon or twenty, have been arrested in tho interior ot Illinois. 1 he counterfoils found in their poJiessiou wero principal ! ly half eagles. THOMillTH ON TIIK PltOPlWKIl ANfSLXATION OP TBXAS TO TIIK (JNITKD STATES. Wc have received, through the politeness of the author, a pamphlet of between M and (10 pages, containing tho substance of a series of essays, first published in llie AVn York Evening Fust, a few weeks since, over Ihc signature of " VfiTu.' These essays nre very ably written, and have been republished in many of tho eastern pajws with very high ciieoiniums upon their ineri I. They arc dedicated to (leurgn P. Barker, a distinguished Van Buren man of New York, and the fact thnt they were firs I published in a prominent and confidential organ of Mr. Van Buren, shows that they are not the production of a Whig. We find some things iu Ihc piimphlt-t, occasionally, that do not accord exactly with our views; hul, in llio main, ihc positions of the author are sound, mid he places the great questions involved in their proper light. We commend the following brief Mlracls to the candid consideration of iho people of Ohio: It is too late to attempt to make these false issues. Tho people of tho north, for a whilo, were deluded by them; llio day has now, thank Cod, gone hy. Tho question is not whether tho abolitionist aro fanatics, nor as to tho consequences of immediate emancipation; but whether slavery and the slave holding power shall be perpetuated by tho direct agency of the federal government. This is the question that the christian freemen of tho north, (the christian freemen of the south must decide, with a just view of thoir responsibility to that religion which thoy profess, and to that eiviliied world of which they aro a part Not tho south alone docs this matter by any means affecL Tho south has a far deeper, more direct, more vital interest in opposing tho annexation of Texas than any that wo of the free States can pretend. There aro in tho Blavo States multitudes of high-minded, right judging men, who perceive the mini ciiects ot slavery, and earnestly desire its ex tinction. Let theso men think well before they n b and on tho last hope of Irccing themselves and their children from tho burthen of ibis incubus. If the preceding numbers of these papers have established whnt it was undertaken to maintain, it has been shown that tho annexation of Texas cannot bo efioctcd without nn exercise of power, nt the best very doubtful, and which has been denied by some of the nblest statesmen this country hns ever produced that whether it is followed by a war with Mexico or not, it is equally a departure from our original and well established policy with respect to foreign na tions, and it must give to this country an attitude of aggression in regard lo its teeblor neighbors lhat finally it must prodigiously aggravate tho evils of slavery. II 1 hnvo succeeded in carrying tho mind of tho reader with mo thus far, it only remains to inquire wnat win do ine probable effect ot this measure upon tho union of theso States the probable effect, for ho must be presumptuous indeed who n libels to speak with confidence of the ultimate destinies of this western hemisphere. We can only argue from tho existence of certain causes to their probable effects. And nt the outset it is proper lo remark that tho results of this measure will be neither to-day nor tomorrow. If tho friends of annexation triumph, the calm nnd deliberate temper of the north will prevent any immcdiato outbreak, and wo shall be told with abundant airs of triumph, how much wo hnvo miscalculated and overrated the effects of this dreaded step. But tho destinies of nations are not decided in a day, nor yet in a generation. This republic has existed fitly yoars. Fifty years is scarcely a moment in tho life time of empires. If wo rightly apprehend tho probable consequences of tho annexation, they will bo slow, but they will bo certain, and as disastrous as certain. In the first placo another shock will be given to our faith in tho Constitution, and to tho value of constitutional law. Tho Constitution is the corner stone of all our institutions, and without a sacred ndherenco to its provisions we aro at tho mercy of llucltinling majorities, of violent factions, and selfish leaders. If tho idea onco takes root in the popular mind that tho Constitution means anything or nothing, as it suits for tho time being that it affords no harrier against tho will of the dominant party, one of the greatest safeguards of order disappears. Our government is ono of opinion. No forco upholds it; tho conlidcnco of tho people gone, it hns nothing lo fall back upon. Tho exorciso of doubtful powers, therefore, ngainst the clear conviction of any respectable minority, is always a great evil; never to bejus-tified except by some great, somo paramount necessity. No such necessity can be shown in the present case. Again, tho annexation of Texas is fraught with evil, inasmuch as it impairs, if u docs not utterly destroy, the moral tono of our government. This Republic was founded with very lofty pretensions pretensions at the outset as well founded as lofty. E-quality and justice are no unmeaning words. Men, whose superiors, whoso equal perhaps, all things considered, tho world has never seen, undertook to hold up to their fellow beings tho model of a government for admiration and for imitation. We havo assumed a superiority over tlio establishment both of the old and tho new world. Rut how aro these high vaunli to be sustained5 We already remain the only great Christian civilized slave-holding power. The faith and honor of nearly one-fourth of the Union is sunk under a mass of ex travagance and folly, only equalled by tho rrnk knavery with which il won accompanied, and wo propose now to ontcr on a career of violence and conquest. Is or is this not calculated to weaken our affections for our institutions? No government can long exist in the face of the contempt of tho world, and nothing is so likely lo excite contempt as magnificent promises followed by paltry performances. A spirit of harmony, good order, religion and jusiico justice not merely to ourselves, but to all mankind is essential to a republican form of government. It is idio to supposo a republic can rest upon force or fraud. A government without armies, based only nn the affections of tho people, must cultivate thoso affections and those virtues from which the affections spring. Change tho scene; breathe a spirit of violence, injustice, aggression and contempt of right, and your social family becomes a horde of banditti this Union sinks (o tho level of the cut-throat Republics of South America, and perishes ainidsl the scorn and execrations of mankind. There is ouo further result to bo noticed. Tho annexation of Texas will be regarded, as we have said, by tho North, as a determination on the part of the South to render slavery perpetual. What will he tho effect of such an announcement upon this Union? Rightly to answer this question, it is necessary to understand distinctly tho existing temper of the North, and the difficulties that the Union will havo to encounter. A very pcrcepiiblo change of feeling has taken placo wiihiu tho last ten years. It is as auspicious to freedom ns it is ominous to tho perpetuation of slavery. When the nbolitiunnts first commenced their career, tho violonce of tho South, the action of tho federal government then in the firm hands of Jackson, and tho timidity of tho North all conspired to produce a state of things as alarming ns it wns short lived. The abolitionists wero hunted down; thoy were mado the victims of every species of innb-violenco, tho mails woro stopped, gag-rules forced through Congress, and tho whulo lido of freedom was turned backward. But this state of things, in its nature, could not long Inst; men of all parties and no parly came to tho rescuo Adams, Luggott, Clmnning boarded tho popular lion, and from that timo a reaction became mamlusL Hostility to slavery has largely infiltrated itself in to both Iho political parties; prominent democrats havo denounced slnvo rule on tho floor of Congress, while their opponents are still moro xoalous. This state of thing has been grcallv nccclcrnted bv tho unreasonable violence, tho overbearing and tho men-nro of tho South. And how can it he otherwise? Tho interests, the feelings, tho prejudices of tho iionn nro nil in tavor ot Ireedom. Tho example ot England, tho taunts and scoff of all that is liberal in Europe, urge on somo, whilo tho voice of religion carries conviction to others. Thus is growing and swelling at the North a spirit of hostility to slavery wnicii threatens immediate collision, and winch nothing but extreme good temper, conciliation and forbearance on tho part of tho South, could possibly si-lenco or nl I iv. It is not now abulitiun-fnnnticisin with which they havo to contend. It is a growing, it promise soon to bo a unanimous conviction ou tho part of eight millions of freemen, that slavery is incompatible with freedom: nnd that they nre bound in every constitutional way to limit its inlluence mid oppose its extension. Whnt will bo the feeling of this population when told thnt slavery is rendered perpetual, that the child just born cannot look forward to extremist old ago witn any hope, ot ncciug it abolished, and that wo and our descendants, bo fur as human ken :nn go, must through all lime bear the slmuie and odium of this institution. With whnt feelings of respect or regard will they look upon tho government thus false to its own principles nml to iho destiny of llie race? What other tie will bind tho nation logether but the mere sordid bond ofumterinl interest? A -id how long is thin like ly To resist the angry passions nnd fiercs collision which wo are inevitably destined to meet? On the other hand, what is ihu temper at the South, nnd what is it likely to bo when Texas shall be annexed? j Thowisa men among them are daily deploring the violonce and infatuation which ruin their councils. Menace, lawless language, and personal violence have mado Congress a scene of disgraceful brawls. Their conduct, in particular instances, seems ingeniously devised for llie purpose of exasperating tho North. Iu tho nomination of 3Ir. Everett, who had expressed a desire to abolish slavery in the District, many suuthcrn senators openly avowed their determination of rejecting him on this ground alone; and tho nomination of Mr. Chancellor Walworth was recently placed iu jeopardy for no other reason than lhat, ten ycarB ago, he had, in a judicial opinion, declared "slavery to be a national as well as local evil." It is thus that whig and democrat, alternately brow-beaten and insulted, put to tho ban for want of fidelity to slavery alone, aro compelled to moke common cause against tho oppression of this common foe. What is likely to be the stale of things if Texas is annexed? How is it possiblotoendurolhat which we shall bo compelled to receive at tho hands of slave-holding legislators? Tho stalo of things will be peculiarly propitious to discord and disunion; in the Senate, the two powers will be balanced at least so long as Texas constitutes but ono Slate; in the Houio, tho free States will have a great and increasing majority, while the topics of excitement and irritation will be of daily occurrence. With Of cry census tho slave representation increases, with every census tho representation of property increases, and in another half century we shall nave six or seven millions of slaves actually voted upon in tho IIouso of Representatives, In this state of things, that tho existence of the Union must becomo extremely pro-carious, seems scarcely to admit of doubt Sumo external danger, war perhaps, might bo sufficient to keep us together; but it eeeins in tlie last degree improbable that an empiro so divided by its education, its associations, and its prejudices, where the government is so weak, and purty spirit so strong, enn long remain united. Tlie statesmen of the North must either silence their convictions, stifle thoir opinions, nnd dwindle lo tho mere puppets of aslave-holding policy, or they will bo forbidden to sharo in tho honors of the central government None but slnvo holders, or their satellites, need aspire to federal honors. All the spirits of tho North, who would not submit lo so degrading a vassalage, would either concentrate their energies to effect the annihilation of slavery, or seek a melancholy alternative in disunion. A IIouso of Representatives controlled by the prejudices, or. if you plense, the fnnnticistn of freedom, would be feebly checked by a s I avo-hold ing Senate; and, in such a state of things, how much tho Constitution would be regarded in tho conflict of violent and contending parties, repeated experienco leaves no room furqiiestion. Tho annexation ot lexosmust do, in our judgment, fatal to the perpetuation of this Union nut that it will result in any violent outbreak, but that such a Btato of temper will bo produced as to render tho harmonious action of tho governmentimpracticable. Fiftr rears, it most be remembered, havo vastlv changed the relations of the members of this confed eracy, both as regards themselves and loteign pow ers, l he union was the result ol a common interest and a common npprrehension; lo these, nobler impulses wero added; but the debates in Iho convention render it manifest that nothing but tho timidity of the free States induced them to mako those great compromises of principle so apparent in tho federal charter. These original causes aro greatly weakened. Tho northern Slates, densely peopled with a hardy ami industrious race, connected in every direction by railroads and canals, self-dependent and independent, aro no longer compelled to seek refuge in tho arms of other Stales. A common interest still attracts them to the Union, a pride in the great names of tho revolution binds them to it; but no necessity retains thorn in tho confederacy. Tho fear of foreign dom ination is obsolete 1 ho tree States havo in them selves at this moment, in their commorco, their agriculture and their manufactures, all Iho elements of independent empire. Is it wise to say to tins peoplo that slavery is perpetual? Is it wise to declare that wo nave perpetually incorporated with tho rcpublio n system which oppresses one raco and degrades another; which degrades labor, engondors violence, stifles opinion, and is as odious to freemen as it must be hateful to Cod? For one, I do not wish to see tho experiment tried. I do not wish to soe the religious opinions, the feelings, tho prejudices of tho northern States tried to this extent Such treasures as we possess arc not thus to bo trifled with. It is not nocessary to deny that under some circumstances it might bo pleasing to contemplate tho annexation of Texas to our own dominion. If (here woro no constitutional difficulty, if it involved no violntion of faith as regards Mexico, no oxlonsion of slavery, nothing could in thatcaso be moro agreeable to an Amorican Statesman than to sco tho great area of this republic enlarged, it would bo a new triumph of the Anglo-Saxon, an extension of freedom, the progress of a purer Christianity. Thore can be no doubt, whether it is to be effected by our government by the people of Texas, or by some yet more desrate adventurers, thnt tho descendants of tlio indomitable race from which wo sprung must possess this continent from the Atlan tic to tho Pacific. Tho feebler peoplo succumb to the more powerful, such has been the invariable course of empire in either hemisphere; whether under the pacific policy of Peon or the fierce nnd op- Eressive rule of Hastings, the ignorant and tho fee-le possessor of the soil must yield to Iho braver and more competent invader but this inevitable course of events forms no necessary portion of tho destinies of this government it is not our incumbent duty lo overturn the rising governments of Mexico or Central America, and in tho name ofcivilizationand reli gion to subjugate and oppress tho nations who now people those beautiful lands. That revolution may be effected silently and peaceably without tho ngon-cy of governments, without political amalgamation, by the mere operation of material intorests and commercial relations. This government has other nnd higher destinies to fulfil; it is the hope of the world, it is the only country whoso institutions profess to bo based upon jusiico, whore no armed soldiery stifle tho expression of opinion, whero no opulent aristocracy humbles the laboring class, where property is equally diffused, the only country where man, in any proper wnso of the word, enjoys freedom, that treasure it is ours t preserve, and it can only be presorved by maintaining in their original purity thoso institutions on Iho original of which a benignant Providence smiled. By a rigid adhoronco to justice, by a sacred obo- . dienco to that instrument which we aro all pledge to support inviolate, and by a scorn and hatred of op prcssion, can wo alone maintain thoso liberties which constitute all for which this life is worth tho having. t England desires and oxorts hersolf in the way of honorable and opencounsel for the abolition of slavery in Texas and throughout the world ; because shu will adviso such a course on all propor cccasiona, therefore wo must annex Texas to protect and per-potnnto slavery; and Mr. Calhoun writes a letter to Mr. Pnckenham, April 1Mb, ft4 If, in which ho gocti into a labored de lenco of slavery, seems almost to doubt whether (he free States have done well in a-bolishing it; declares (hat Texas is to be annexed to guard against tho danger of its being abolished in tho Southern Slates; and finally doc lares, "that WHAT IS ('At.l.FP SI.AVKHT IS IN RKALITr A MUTI-CAI. INSTITl'TIO.1 ESSENTIAL TO TIIK MACK, SA Kit-TV ao rnosi'KRiTv ov those Status or tui: U.1N1.N IN WHICH IT EXISTS." The veil is rent, and fortunately rent in timo Texas is to bo annexed, lor the sola nnd nnlv ob ject of pcriHMiinting slavery. hat u tnlhd neo r;i is essential to those States where it exists no mailer whero, in Virginia or Carolina, ou the wheat (ield or rico plantation, in Missouri or Alabama, slavery is essential to thu States whore it exists. 1 his monstrous language is tho delibernlo declara tion of the tint cahmol otliccr of tho first f hke gov ernment in me worio. The gamo is now manifest "England," it seems "is tint fret from the msu'cion of having atlemfdcdlo nfmtish srreery in (Ww." (Upshur to Kvcrclt, J."ih Sept. lK4:t.) It is evident lhat this presents to tho people of tho Union a question entirely now and which they cannot avoid. Tins issue is not as to abolition of slavery in tho Southern Slates, tho District, nor tho Territories of tho Union, but whether this government shall devoto its whole energies to tho perpoluation of slavery; whether all the sister republics on this continent which desire to abolish slavery, are to bo dragooned by us into tho suport uf this institution. Hereto the watch-word has been nou-mlervuntiuii in the domestic a flairs of the South. Now it is intervention with foreign nations to protect, extern! and perpetuate thosu institutions. It is perlcctly evident that this cause is suicidal, and equally evident that no portion of the Union can for a moment bo deluded by it. It destroys tho last hope of nil tho Middlu Slates from Virg.nis to Missouri for tho -iboliiion of tho institution, and covers the North with nil its sin, odium and ruin; yet this is the policy fur which Mr. Calhoau has thu ainsting boldness

WEEKLY OHIO 5 3' -!"? STATE JOURNAL VOLUME XXXIV. COLUMBUS, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19, 1844. NUMBER 45. tOIUMNIIKII KVBItY WBDNKMIUY MOKMNd, BY SCOTT & TEESDALH. Olfico corner of High nml Town streets, Butties' Building TICK M.S. Two PnU.AHl PER annum, which must invarinhly be paid in advance, froe of postage or of per ceutage to A items or Collectors. The Journal is nlao published daily during the session o itc LrgMnturc, and thrice n week llio 'remainder of thu year or ft't ami three timet n week, yearly, for $. THURSDAY KVENINU, JUNK 13, 1844. DEl'KAT OK Tit 13 ANNEXATION THKATV IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES. The vote on Mr. Tyler's Treaty for ibu Anncxalton of Texas to the United StnUs, was taken in the Senate on Saturday afternoon last. The vols for and against ill ratification, stands as follows: Vm- Messrs. Alchinson. Baghy, Brecso, Buchanan, Colqnil, Fulton, llnvwnnd, Hrmtertnn. linger. Lewi, Ale-Dnuic, Scmplo, Sevier, Sturgeon, Wnlker ami Woodbury I!. Nays Messrs. Atltn, Archer, Athtrlan, Barrow, Hates, Bayaril, Jtenton, Itnrrien, Chuatu. Clayton. Crittenden, Dayton, Evans, Fairfield, Footer, Francis, Huntington, Jarno-pan, Johnson, Miingum, Merrtck, Miller, Morehend , Ai, Pierce, I'hrlps, 1'orler, Itives, Simmons, Tnllmadgu, Jappan, Uphnm, White, Woodhridgc and WrightiiSt. But one Whig, (Henderson of Mississippi,) voted for it; but six of the Loco Focos against it! Thin, at last, iIuk perplexing question is disposed of, as fnr as the Treaty of Mr. Tyler is concerned. We congratulate the country on the result. Wo give honor to the Whips for Ihc hold and gallant stand ihey took. We point with pride lo the vole ngainst ratification; and it adds to that gratification In find that there are a few men even in the milks of the opposition, who arc not dimmed lo how down to Ihc hoi heads of iho Sooth and sacrifice the honor and peace of the country, lo secure Territory that we do not need and to which wo have not the shadow of a claim. Wo rejoice thai the Executive has hecn rehtiked, and thai the unprecedented mean used liy him lo accomplish his purposes, have been so signally discountenanced by the Senate. Wo rejoice that tli at body upiiii which the hopes of the people rest, is true to its integrity and its conservative character, amidst assaults so tin idiom and iniquitous. Imtor to Ilic Svunte. Honor to the gallant, steadfast Whip niiijuriiy; the people will reward their faithful servants. I lonor lo those of the opposition who have even thus far dared to rehuke the attempt of Ilic Baltimore Convention lo mnkc this a party issue and a test quesiiou in the coming campaign. Fifteen out of twrnty-one opposition Senators have deliberately set llie seal of their approbation not only lo this Treaty, but to the manner in which it was originated, and the outrages that have attended every step of its progress, from its inception in lh secret counsel! of a few desperate political traders audTesa En ml Speculators, to the fulfilment of the Executive rompar l by a virtual declaration of war against Meiieo and every other Hiwcr tlmt dare inter fern lo prevent the consummation or the Treaty. Five of these fifteen represent free itattt, and among (hem are the two Senators of the great State of Pennsylvania, and one of the Senator of New Hampshire! Alas, what a speelnclo ! What a miserable, degrading concession lo the slave-power! A lenrftil reckoning these men will ho compelled touted. Who, a few months would have believed that siitem tfenatort would deliberately rndorso such a project, as that just rejected through the influence of Whig Senate. There it one fact developed hy llio vote recorded abnvc.lhat should be impressed upon every mind, and proclaimed in every ear. Krtrf Southern Loco Foco Senator voted for the treaty! These are the men whodeluutud Mr. Van Buren in the Baltimore Convention. They defeated him, us we as-aertrd,nol on the ground of his hostility to tho ultimate annex nlinn of Tens; but hcraiisc he would not consent to immediate annexation, at the cicuse of national faith, I lie peace of ihc country, and a war with Mexico. They have defined their position in the vote just given, and, at thu smite linn; dis closed the grounds of their hostility lo Mr. Vau Buren. Men can now understand and co for themselves, whether we were nrt right in endorsing the declaration of the New Vork Evening Post, lh.il Mr. Van Burrn's anti-annexation letter was tin causo uf his defeat in ihc Baltimore Convention. WAR KEN COUNTY AKOl'SINd. The Wtiigi of Warren held a very large and enthusiastic meeting at Mason, on Saturday last. It was addressed amid cheer and enthusiasm by t. tax, oft itic mnsti, .. IK tamp- "7aud Thamat Corvin. Jeremiah Morrow, the venetaMe soldier in the Whig ranks of Ohio, presided, John Hopkins, Secretary. The following is one of the resolution! adopted, nnd by ill spirit the rest may be measured; Resolved, That nighl and day, always wc will use our unit- nl and individual exertions milo the full rile nt ol llie iiowcr tiod has given tu, to prefer vu thu 'otiHiiiiiiinn nnd Laws of lliecouniry troui fiich outr;t;eiius Viol;ilnn, am) Ilic great in tenuis ot annculltire. inimtiiiicture and trade from iiucli ho, tile attack that they have encountered for year past. The l.ocos tried to get up a meeting after llio adjournment of the hig. Il wn no go. There was no enthusiasm, no spirit Warren county cannot go for an enemy lo Protection uud the ndvocato ol immediaiu annexation. Our Warren friends pledge the county majority lor Clay, Frelmg- liuysen and ll triloy. Another meeting n lo bo held at Ma aon on tho 'J lh of July, WHAT WILL THEY DO NEXT! The Annexationists having been defeated in the Senate.on the Tyler Treaty, the question arises, will another attempt lie made to accomplish Iho end contemplated by llial treaty ! Our readers will recoiled that Mr. MeDuflio gave liolico in tho Sciiulc, that ho should introduce a joint resolution propo sing annexation by act of Congress. Similar notice was given a week or iwo since in the llmiso, if wo recoiled aright. In anticipation of tho defeat of the treaty, tho dlobt, a tew days since, threw out the following iiiliination, which emits a lilllo light on the uelion presented : " But the exlinrlion of the treaty, wo havn no doubt, will givu birth lo 11 legislative nieature which will bring Texas tula the Union with flying colors." This looks as if an attempt would Ik made, before the closjj of the present session, lo force through a joint resolution. The Southern Loco Focos, we hive no doubt, will endeavor to force nction nt once, if not overruled by the dough-fares of the North. And our present imp'essiou is, that the senso of the House and Simaio will be l.iken upon a resolution coueh"d in general terms, and deigned lo commit tho Whgs against any future ns welt as lite preient plan lor ihc annexation of Texas. We arrive nt this conclusion from n settled conviction that llio traitorous dotigh-fttces of the North, only denim TO MAKE USE or TIIK AMUKXATHtS HV BSTIoN TO HUM nun tiif. fKori.K and to draw off attention from other importa.it itvtct! The same use will Im made of the Oregon question. We call upon our Whig friends to slutid by iho people nnd hold fail to their integrity. A majority of the caplc of the Union will never give their nssent to the extension of Ihc slave power. The views of iho North and every tree Stale in Ihc Union on this point, cannot bo mistaken; and if the question comes up in the shape alluded to, we shall oi-peel to sue the Whigs of Congress speak out in becomes freemen, who revere and cherish tho sentiments of those who established the foundations of our free institutions. We have un abiding confidence in iho integrity nnd wisdom of (he Whigs of die present Congress. They hnvo nobly stood by the people on Ihc TarilTqueslton, and on the annexation question thus far; nnd they will stand by oach other and by ll.o country to lit? end. The people appreciate their fidelity, and their shouts of approbation will go up throughout llio length and breadth of the land. Do what they may, then, on tho Annexation question, from the finality that has intended all their movement thus fur, we arc satisfied that tho next move of the Loco Focos will only hasten and render more certain lint deep, overwhelming, irretrievable defenl thai uwniis them. Latkil Sinco the alaive was written, we liavo received Inter eastern pajiers, which nimounrc the fad thai immediately after the rejection of the Treaty on Saturday last, Mr. llen-lon gnvc notice, in ohii Senate, of his intention lo move for leave to introduce a hill to make provision for the annexation of 'Jxai. This bill, it is supposed, will authorize negotiations with Mexico as well as Texas, lo secure the object contemplated. This agrees with iho suppositions advanced nliove. The allempl will be made to uio the annexation question ns Hit electioneering hobby, in some form less objectionable than thai proposed by Mr. Tylr. If Texas proper could be annexed, without extending the slave tower and sanctioning and fotcriug!Slavcry itself, and with the consent of Mexico, but litllo objectum would m made by tho people of the North. But il il idle lo nuticip'tle such contingencies, ns it is idle and deceptive lo start the project for polilical purposes, Mexico will not give up Texas, uulei she has n quid pro quo. The people of this country will not Mr theitueitei mil I iota to purchase what they not w d, and llien tax themMtlrtt again to piy 1ic debt of 'JV.rni .' The Texan w ill not consent to any project for thu abolition of slavery, and Texas cannot be annexed. Mr. Benton's scheme to Meal the Texas thunder from Calhoun nnd Tyler, will fail. .Mr. Tyler says that if llie preient treaty is defeated, Texas i lost. Ociiuml Jackson says that the "present golden opportunity" for aiuiex'ug Texas must not bu lut; and denounces as Til vermis to the country, those who voto agninit the project! Immediate annexation, with or wilhoul tho consent uf Mexico, nl nil hazards and at any expense, is the ptau lo which the Folkites nnd liiftiuiiouists nro con. milled. Mr. Folk, in his Cincinnati letter, goes for immediate annexation, and he has written nimoihcr sinco to I 'a r roll county Kentucky,in which he re-allirm his declaration ill the follow inj; lanituae: "I will only add ih;il 1 regard the question of the rrafinex-atiou of Texas to the United Slates ai -coud in iiupori.iiico to no other public xutiject or q'letltoii Mbieli now eni-agei the public nllenlioii. In my juilitienl, the present opportunity mIioiiIiI not Ih M of bt'i iiiuiiii; reunited w.lh a country from which the United Slates should never have been separated. HAltMOMY AND ENTHUSIASM IN PENNSYLVA-1 combination of events have been put up as a candi MA! The llarrisburg (Pa.) Intelligencer reports ihc doings of a meeting held in thai cily, for Iho purpose of ratifying llie Lo co Foco nominations nt Baltimore. Tho meeting was organ- zed and n sjm-ccIi delivered, and then came tho lug of war: , llio committee appointed for tho purpose reported n long I tng of resolutions in which llio nartv. as tiioal. avowed (sell opposed lo cverv salulnrv measure and favorable lo ev-1 Ty ruinous one, and resolved many absurd and scvernl im- jHissiblu things such us giving llie electoral vote of Iho Stale to loik, tu i.J electing Muhlenberg. A two line resolution omineiidtiig me course ol our Locoloeo meinoers ot tnu- ;res on mo J anil (iiieition wns nil that whs said on that sub-1 After several more suecches the revolutions were taken ! ill nnd missed, with the exnvtion of one lautiinr Air. MtUl- ! l.l-'.itlEU(i and pledging the Lncofocrant of the Keystone ' to his support, the ptitsac of which wn AKMI.Y OP- i RESPECTABLE (iENTLEMEN. Here commenced a scene that beggars description, in which the whole caravan of 1 Loco Focoiiiu took pari, nod the hyena nature of ihc hnrmo-itious democracy was most strikingly exhibited. Th"sc who attempted to speak on either side were cried nnd hooted down, mi mo iMrsun's Ineii'h tiavniir the maionlv. the ilillicoltv ms irmtiornrilv settled bv the mmlif alton of I'll VSICA L FOItCK, nnd one of iho most independent of the disafl'n-ted asnrtuallv LAID HOLD OF AND DIMliCKD INTO THE STREET, where a reenlar PITCHED BATTLE ik iilani Iwlween llio belliirerenl Polkiles. who voird il into neh oilier after the most upprovel Democratic fashion. (tT Some of the Loco Foco presses ore Irving lo prove, by one Ucn. McCnlla of Kentucky, that Mr. Clay played a game il orag, nlioul n year ago, for thu sum of 52WI. hy, they lay that gamo every dny, and show their hunl so complete ly ns to render themielvcs ridiculnus in the very act. They brag all llio time, and tho poorer their hands Iho louder Ihey brag. Brag is peculiarly their game, and they tnke lo as naturally as to hjinx and slandering. If some of them get jfJIXI for every game of brag ihey play they will lie able lo retire iroin business, in preliy good circumstances, at the end of Tyler's ndmuiiilrnlioii. Seriously. Of all other men, tho Ohio Loco Focoi ! ku!d to the Inst lo say a word nbonl gambling. If they nre not cautious, they may provoke mine cxtosure that will not con- luco muiii to the success of Loco Focoism in Ohio, nt all tvents. The Louisville Journul thus notices Ihc miserable bs- snitlt o( (ien. Mc(.'alln: tien. MeCnlln, of Lexinelon. In nno of his late sneeches. made a charge ngaiiul Mr. Clay on the a leged aulhority of a negro. Thu negro has since denied the truth of the llene- il s itatemeiil. I lie nerre and the (tencral nre at direct issue before Ihc public on n question of vcraciiv. It is feared ry ine iriemts nt w parlies that a iluel will grow out of the hllicnlty. " Pislols for two and coffee for one," the word. IT Mr. Ton left this city on Monday nwrning last. Wo lo not know his destination; bin have heard it intimated lhat he started homo lo make a report of his progress, cYe. Wo learn from the Cainillloninn that he madu a iHcch in Carroll luring his recent lour. I he editor thinks il would lw) a profi-iiblc investment lo raise funds and keep the would be Oovcr- nor going, ns lie would do essential good lo the cause. He was wiiw on the currency, nml had nothing in say about his own princip es. He made a speech also in Tusturawns, du ng his recent tour. The Advocate savs tint with a few irs uolico, a few days afterward, llie Whigs held n meet ing that, for rnthusiaui and numbers fully equalled litll). iiui' persons were present, ttur elo.mcnl young friend Bingham, addressed them hours, at the cud of winch lime liu had left but little of Mr. ToJ'i siieech. PIlOSCItlPTiOM. The Native American auileiriiies of Now Vork cllv have withdrawn their patronage, advertising Ac., from the New rk I ritume, a leading II hz paer in the counlry; ficeatise editor bus ventured to denounce Native Americanism, nnd end ihu ndopicd citizens. Yet the Loco Foco ortss will nlk about ll-e union between Whigs and Native Americans'. ANOTHER LOCO FOCO FALSEHOOD! An nltcmpl is made, by perversion and falsehood, to work up a litllo capital out of a remark dropped in Ihc Senate, a few days nince, on tho presentation of a memorial from some eiiiiensof Philadelphia, by Mr. Archer, of Virginia. The eliiioa nked for a change of Ihc naturalization laws, so as lo require foreigners that hereafter come into the country, lo be here ttrrnty-one yean, before they tan vote. The National Intelligencer's rvMri this notices the remarks of Mr. A. on the occasion: "Mr. A. briefly expressed his views ns in accordance wills those of the memorialists, and said if torn other Senator did not more inlhe matter, lie should feel bound lo do so himself ero long." Tho Bahimoro Republican's correspondent snys that Mr. A. announced Lit porosc lo bring up Iho mailer icr tht election of the Whig AdministrtUion. Now.wc leel justified in saying that the Baltimore prqter is just ns far from the truth ns it was in !, when it started the i.og Cabin nmWiardci-dt story about (Jcncrnl Harrison. According lo the Intelligencer Mr. A. announced his purpose to move in tho matter, if noWy else did so; thus showing that nobody else had manifested a diitiiu mi lo do; and this t evidence that the Whigs favor Native Americanism ! Both Whigs and Loco Fotot have presented a number of similar memorials, and nmong the resl J. it Adams has presented omo. In doing so, he announced his hostility lo llio proposition of llie me morialists ! Now, who represents the Whigs, Mr. Archer or Mr. Adams f By what rule is llio Whig mriy lo Iw held responsible fcr all thai one man in a whole Legulalive liody may tay T What miserable disgusting shiflsarvuiadeiiseof, by ihc Loco demagogues, tocnjoleand seduce foreigners, for the sake of their tottt ! Tho veil they asiuino is loo transparent to conceal their hyporricy. Our adopted citixeus already turu w ith loathing from these base appals lo their passion and prejudices. Thcv know the price they arc expected to pay lor this mork-SN mpnihy ! Whatever Mr. Archer does ho will do on his own responsibility. 1'h Whig party do not aympnlhizs with him in his viuwi on this mailer nnd they will oppose turn almost to a man. THE VOICE OF THE SOCIETY OF FRIENDS. The (linkers are shaking out on the subject of Annotation, as might be expected, fur the preservation of cace and against tho extension of slavery, Mr. White, of Indiana, presented to the U. S. Senate, a few days since, the proceedings of the yearly meeting of iho S.Kietv of Friends of Indiana, Illinois ami Hie wcsicro part of Ohio, remonstrating against Ihc annexation of Texas. One grsiiud of objection sN!Cified, against ndmiMion, was ihc extension of tho limits of llie slave territory of the country. The question of reception was rained, on the ground llial il camr; under the rules applying to nboliiiou eiiii.mi. Mr. W htle, Whig, contended that il should ks received, and announcer) his determination to cnll it up every day nnd del Mia il, unless il was received, Mr. R?rrien, Whig, objected lo thai prt ef the petition which protested ngniusl 1 lie Iiisliluliou of Slavery. Meisrs. More head nnd Crittenden, Whigs from Kentucky, expressed a wih lhat the memorial might be received , as il came from resect-able nnd peaceable eitixens. Mr. While railed for the yeas andrwisou the question of reception. After the memorial wax again read, on the motion of Mr. Harrow, Whig, ol Louisiana, the vole was taken iijhui a motion to lay the question of reception upon the table nnd iUod as follow s, the iwoOhfo Senators skulking, in order tu avoid voting ngainsl the reception of llio memorial. V Ias Messrs. Archer. Alherlon, Atchison, Benton, Berrien, Buchanan, Fairfield, Fullmi, U.ivwood, Heii'lefMin, linger, Johnson, Rives, McDnllic, Hem pie, Seicr, Walker, Woodbury, Wngbt Nais Mesrs- Rjrrow, Bale, Bayard, Choate, Clavion, Crittenden, Dayton, Etmi. Foster, Francis, llAnneg.iii, Hlllililiglon, Mann urn. Miller. Morehead, Nile. Plielp.. Porter, SmiinoiM, Sturgeon, Tallmailge, Upturn, White, Wood bridge 'J I. FoHfirenaf Ihc nineteen who roled to lay tlie question of reception on the table (thus voting against ihc reception of the petition) are ,rn rii, All but three of tho nays nro iiliiz! Wlio nre the frirudsof the right of pelition, and llio enemies of a gag rulcf This vote shows. THE DEMOCRACY OF PENNSYLVANIA, CANNOT TAKE THE DOSE I Tho following it from a leading Loco Foco paper of Philadelphia, (l" "American Sentinel.") "A demiKrat" has, before this tune, we promnc, scon Mr. Polk's denunciations of iho doctrines of Protection, and his anathemas against llie preient Tariff, some of which apcar in llie last evening's Statesman, and aro very highly commendod as "principles around which the democracy will rally. " They will soon see how the people of Ohio relish tho aulMurilf doctrines of Polk The following is an extract . "The Forum of yesterday gives n number of extracts said tr be taken from speeches against the Tanlf, nllegi d to hate beeu delivered by Col. Polk when in Congress, nnd during bu ennvast w ith dov, Jones, the present Executive of I cu licssee, hist fall. Relieving that then is somn minioreln'ii- Sion on this inliject, 1 leirv vou lo nllow me tu nk through your paer of Col. Polk s rriemU al aliuigli)ii, wticOii is true lhat Im' is o tunned to the iireient Taiilf. And I tiio more anxious on tins subject, as urn a Demoerat, and desire tu volu lur Col. I'ulk uiilesi he is opncd to u. A DEMOCRAT." HOW THEY LOVE RETRENCHMENT ! ! A joint resolution was presented to the House of Repre sentatives, a few days since, fixing a day for the cunsidunitioti of several retrenchment bills; nnd among Ihc rvit one lor re-during the p-iu of memliert! The present Douse of Congress, il will b recollected, contains a majority of something liko Jifty l.oca Focos ! They denounced tho long sosiion and tho extravagance of I ho last Congress, and set mil with a promise to do wunders in tho way of Mrrnrlimsnf, rWaclttrfi of trstgri, Jtc. They haw Wen iu session between six mid seven months, and have not relinquished n cent of their eiht dollart pr day Our rentiers will mil le surprised, therefore, when wo tell them lhat the almve named resolution was laid Ujxm tht table ! THE POSITION OF POLKITES DEFINED! The New York PU U-inn drags ,towu the (lag of the Union that has heretofore floated nt the licnd of its coin nun, to half-mast! mid runs np alme it a Ihg inicrileil with '1tregm, Texas and I'otk !" That's il. Down w iih the I 'iiion down with the North down with free lalr and the power of iho free Slates. Up with the Mack llag of nulihYntion shout for the extension of the slave-power nnd southern dictation limit for slave labor, the voke.lhet liain and the ladi! Spirit of Freedom, whi re lnmtiers your Veugance f Men of tho Nor lb up, s eak ; rebuke liioso who would thus tusull ami dihouor you. AN INSULT TO IRISHMEN! Let It be remembered lhat the dtgrncefu1 sentiment and destardly uisull conveyed in Iho following, came from the lips of one Pat it ten CoI.mks, who has bteti hired Uy the lkaii-Klis of the l,oco Foco party of itlno,, to )ernuihulalu thu Statu of Ohio, to leach honest, industrious Irishmen how in vole. It was uttered in a speech deliverr I i n this cily, on Monday, llie .hi dny of June. Let every Irishman who knows how to appreciate hi privileges ai a freeman, and is conscious of tho value of a free and unrestrained rxercie of the right of kiulVage, sttim the dictninm of this cnioied luKilicr : "1 there be an lrihman in'f'iitt the $ohw! of myroice, nrhn is so recreont as tu rote for ami other th.tn the nominee of the li.ittimorc Convention, had I my nil! uf htm. I trimtd tie him tu the lad of a butfato, and have htm dragged over the lUtky Mountoint, ALAS! HOW ARE THE MltillTY FALLEN I Tho Statesman bring! out iwo or three pictures lo commemorate iho flection of Loco Focos in Iwo litllo towns in New York, Cnnanduigiia and Liverpool. In the first numcd place Ihey have a majority of thirteen out of votes, nnd nt they say, tho Whigs had a majority of "six or tight'' in ItlWf This majority was secured by closing the polls an hour licfore tho usual lime. Alas for Loco Focoism; when il is compelled lo makt such a display over such a victory. If thai is'ut digging deep lor small potatoes, and then not getting enough lo keep off starvation, wi should like lo see an ex n tuple of such a process. SETTLE IT BETWEEN THEMSELVES. Mr, M. 11. MeiUry tlvnies in tailcM'tun;;' Statesman, over his own name, llie charge made iu Tuesday 't Journal, lhat Mr. Hartley ni.uk' use of nrerlaiu ulg.tr and blasphemous ex pression, inihu Baliiuioro Convention. Well, we quoted from ilm tilobe, and as the falsehood is Ix-lween the (H-l ami Mr. Medary, ihey ran settle (he in niter between them, We acknowledge il is raihcr poor auiltoriiy; and we do not ollen ilejH'inl upon it. f.'np.tiiiiif, Wlini diolricldid Mr. M. represent' John K. M rer an I J. C . McNulty were coupiciious actors in the Con vention, both from this district, How many more wen; there, to represent this district f UT The .Statesman avers Hint Hon. John Channv, of Fair ield, heard Mr. Clay make u-o of the profane cxoreioii laid if have been applied by him to Mr. Polk, while the hit ler was Speaker of the House. He wants to know whether we would doubt his wird. Yes, just as soon a yours ; if he were to make the charge ; for men equally as good as Judirc 'hnmy have pronounced it false. Jl DUE E. Kl.sti. W were sorry to see in the Cincinnati (i ueltp, an l one or Iwo others pnjier, some disparaging remarks louehiiig thu cha racier and qualification of Judgv Kuig. of Philadelphia; who has been nominated ,y Mr. Ty ler, In till the vacancy on the Ih'iicIi uf the Supremo Court. We have known Judge King for many years, ami hesitate nol to say that ho standi among tho first and highest at the Philadelphia Bar, nnd is, in every respect, well qualified tor the distinguished imsl, for which he has been named. He will, by his urbniiity, dignity and habit of application, mrmiiriid himself to the lieuclt and bar, should his nomination be confirmed. It Mr. Tvler makes no worse numiuiiions, wo shall be ditposed to spare him ecu sure. OT Magnificent Slrawbeines are selling very low in the East; and nro more plentiful than ihey have been for many years, Iu Newark N.J. Ihey sell at from 3 lo A cents per basket a linikci contains quart. 10,000 batkuts wore sold in olio day at Newark. THE MF.THODIST UENERAL CONFEHENCE. Elecled Rev L. L. Hamlino and Ruv. E. S. Junes, llidt op of tho Methodist Episcopal Church, ou Thursday Inst. hole numlior of votes cast l"o'; uf wlucS, on llio ,td ballet Mr. HnmliiHi had Wl and Mr. Janes ir.f. Rev. Ilascoin In 'ri votes for the same oflico. A connnillee tinvo rejxirled a plan upon which the division may be made fair mid ispiitnblo to lie adopted if the Southern delegates insist on withdrawing from their present cc.-lciinlicnl euuutclion. It innkui a fair division of projHTly. Ac. IJT The Whig Central Comnntlw of Richland county is sued a spirited address to the people of that rounly.in tlio last "uglij. ' "Tin coarso nnd blaq.lie:nitus hmgimge of Henry Clnv, hen In; addressed Col. polk, am! told lutn lo 'go'lioim. !" as characteristic of the man. and u d.-soied nl.k.- bv 1'olk mid the Amcncaij people." .Wio York Flehrion. In the most dehcate manner imaginable, we would sav lo Ihu Pelebeiun thai be lie nbomm-ibly, when he attributes this language lo Henry Clay. It was uttered by ntiother, and every Loco Focu that dnrrri Mr. CUy w.ili n; doe so knowing that it is an infamous ho. imiNtl ON YOU II SPEAKERS AND DOCUMENTS. is intimated in Ihc Staiesiinii lint there are Loros here ready to aceepl the challenge of Mr. tiallaway, lor a discussion II.; .In... . Wr- nre r-ndv. Itnt .Ui'l nfi,..t lo skulk ttehiud your luiserablc "Inrgaiil nnd Sale" slanders. I'rotecliort, Annexation, were the questions .Mr. (i. pro- iHiseu Iu Uiscuts. THE SPIRIT OF THE PRESS. The editor of the Winchester Virginian, auuouiices I li rough his pajKT thai there it uWil to In-a lall W lngic niised Im.-fore his otlieu door, with a streamer iXi feet long lion l tug from is top. Speeches aro lu Ihj dehvvad. Hurrah lor Ihu Whig press. IJT They lime a travelling Clay Club in Alliens county, win ne iniiiiirss it is, ax we leiim Irom llie Athenian, lo viil llie various townships iN-lwtvn this nod the election. We hope to sea Athens county Hand forth ill her pride, adorned 'n all her strengih once more. HARVEST. Tho Rinlmmnil Compiler states tlmt tho farmers along- tho river ho low, have hoc it cnnod in Imr-veatiujj Wheat for a week or more, with fine wcath-or! There in very litllo complaint of the crop. WHM1 MASS MEETINH IN MONUMENT SttUAItE, BALTIMtHtE. Ouo of tho largest meetings, composed exclusively of the ciliens, was held ill Baltimore, a few day since, thai was ever before convened in tin? monumental citv. It is computed hat 11 or W,tn hig were prctenl. I ho ( lav Club of each want formed in profession and mirched to Monument piare, carrying banneri, transparencies, lorche, Ate. The houses iu iho vicinity ol tlio mceiui; were illuin iuled, and tho i. lies thronged the windows waving banners and handker chiefs, as the procession pissed. The place of tlie meeting os brdhaiitly dluinuinled by the celebrated Dnimmond lihl. AildresM were delivered hy M.-ssn. J. P. kuinedv, ol Bab more, Saunders of Virginia, Milton Brewn, of Tennessee, Fool of Vermont and Schenrk of Ohio; nil nicm1cr ot Cnugret. Wo give lelow a brief sketch of the speeches ol Messrs. Brown and Seheuck, taken from the Baltimore Patri ol. Let those w ho imagine lhat Mr. Polk stands any chance of carrying Tennessee, give heed lu Mr. Brown's spvtcli, and ihey will think so no more- Mr. Kennedy then introduced to the meeting J(idro Miltnn Brown, who, ho told the nicetiiiL', caino from Mr. Folk's own Slate, nnd could tell ttiein soinclhiiijr of that but little known iersoiini,'o. Air. Brow n was sutleniiir W illi a cidd, and rtaid Uint for lhat reason ho would neccmmnly bo obliged to ko Ins remarks bncl. llo canto Irom tho Statu which had recently been honored by a Natiounl Con vention that met at in tins city honored, he mud, became tlmt Convention had put such nn exalted call- male upon the atimhrd of political clmrncti'r nnd uaehtlnens e.itnblislied by FiMittflarn, that they I tail actually nominated a man for President who the people ot 1 emtef iee liiul twice sntu was not ijoou enotttrli to bo Chief Mneittralo of their Common- wi'Hlili. Mr. B. had no doubt that llio people o Hie United Male, when thcv ramo to know Mr. Polk. would endorsonnd conl'inn iho opinion of the people uf Tonnptwo, by decidutfr that ho was even les worthy ol tiring President titan ho was of ociiiff tiuv-1 ernor. lie had iniJfrn'tooil that nno of the tleleffnioa from Tennosaee in the Loco Foco National Convention undertook lu pledge tho vote of Tennessee for .Mr. Polk. INow tie, .Mr. It. had some acquaintance with the people and tho politics of Tenui'Hsuc, and ho here made bold lo say, tlmt Mr. Polk could no more rot Tunnesnee as a cnndidato for President than he could when a candidate lor (iovernor, and ho had twice been defeated fur the lattorollice. All tlio influences tlmt could bo brought in favor of htm for President, hid full play when he wns a candidate for (inventor. He nns n mnn f wealth, and hnd extensive eotinecltons he hnd the inllnenco of tho lion of llio Hermitage, nnd the re m; a led, pewonally expressed wish of tho lion, tlmt tlio people should elect him (iovernor. And yet be bad twice bucu defeated. Il would bo roineinliured that laat year, when tlio tide seemed to Imvo turned every where against the Wit iji, tint Tennessee nobly brcfticd it and luriiod it bark. On lhat occasion, even nt tho door of the llermilnjfo, and where tho lion huiuoll stood by and voted an open ticket, Folk was boat two to ono! Who, after this, can doubt thai tho people of Tennessee, havitiT rejected him for t lenser, will reject him nffain when he nppliea for n greater nllice? Willi tlio private life of Mr. Folk, Mr. Brown said ho hnd nothinir to do. llo did not attack any man's private character, sud would not that nt Mr. I'ulk. All that he would say wns, that be did not endorse it. With his public life wo all havetodo, nndilaa when it cotnea be known would he condemned. It is true that M r. Folk's political opinions aro little known beyond Tcnnesacc: but there, ns ho has been in inspiring man, wo have, but not without difficulty, got them nrotly eenurnl iu print. Inquiries liavo boon made of the Tenuesneo members ol Congress fnr the circulars and addresses of this new and unexpected candidate fur the Presidency; and ihey had nol them nt baud to furnish fur no human being in Tennessee ever supposed that he cuuldby any possibility or date for tho Presidency, and therefore never t'louglit of preserving his history. But it is known, and will bo forth-coming in duo time. And then it will not astonish the people of tho United Stales, thai Tennessee twice rejected him for Governor; though it will cause il to be more of a wonder how any number of men, assembled from all parts of the Union, could havo been guilty of tho fully of nominating him for President. Mr. Brown then referred to Mr. Polk's opinions upon tho Tariffand tho Hank showing thnt ho was the opponent of protection, and tho advocate of the exploded pet Bank system, lie stated some gratifying fuels in relation to tho 'popularity of the tariff in Tennessee. How ho voted for the tariff in 14:2, ono of votes that he regraded ns (he best he had ever given and then returned to Tennessee. How ho wim nominated for to-eleclion in one of the largest cotton growing dittneta in the State, and whilst his opponent had taken ground ogniimt the tariff he had taken bold ground in fnvprof it every whero resting his oleclion upon it, and making it, as far as ho could, a test (juerition. Tho result was that ho was re-elected by a majority of !W00 votes! This tariff question had conned to he a sectional one. Tho South had como to understand that they had a deeper interest in it even thin tho North ; nnd ifiho latter should now think of abandoning it, tlie Smith Would take it up and support t Mr. Brown here imicated his intention to closn, but tho mcelitig cried out for him to "go on." Ho said he wuuld liko to do so, if his henlth allowed it, but could not now. Beltru taking his neat, however, bo would say, thnt Maryland and Tennessee were a sort of rivals in the mil tor of doing good, and be proposed from his Stale a challenge here. In the memornblo contest of lril-i, when Mr. Polk wns distanced for (iovernor, the Whigs of Tennessee not only stopped the downward tendency of politics, but claimed tu have also saved the U. 8. Hennte, and in conscipjcnco the tariff of 1SPJ, by electing two Whigs to rcprnsent them in the U. 8. Senate. After this, the Wbigs of Tennessee were pleased to regard thornselves ns the best Whigs in the Union. About thu time the discusttbn came on in Congress Inst winter, on the subject of electing members of Congress by districts or by general tickot. an election was held in Maryland. And, this general ticket nnd district system whs (nought by tts of Tennessee and by all Congress loo, on both side", to be a very knotty question. The Whigs were for the districts, and the Locos for tho genera) ticket. In the midst of tlio discussion, tlio Whigs of Maryland declared for tho general ticket nnd rolled into the House of Representatives six ol the best Wbigs tho country can produce. Now this decisive movement of the Wbigs of Maryland hns given them great eclat; and wo of Tennessee aro not now so sure that we are the best Whigs in tho Union. It is pro posed then to try the tnattor over ngniu, mid here said Mr. 11. for Tennessee, isking that due allowance shall bo mado for the fact thai wc havo tho lion's ilen in our borders, and tho polk nn our soil making allowance for theso disadvantages, wc challenge .Maryland to decide this question id which are thu best Whigs at the polls iu November! Amid n shower ot applause, and a general cry of 'agreed," ''agreed," Mr. II. look his scat. Mr. Schenck, of Ohio, ne.Nt followed. As the hour bad grown bite, his remarks were necessarily circumscribed. Ho wns greeted with threo honrly cheers, and honrd with deep interest. Ho referred in a most eloquent maimer to thu great INationul Y lii;r Jubilee field in Baltimore the hrst week in May last, in which he had participated with so much delight. Tho scene on tlnl occasion w as one never to ho Inrgotlen. It hnd loft impressions upon his mind and heart lint time could not efface. In casting his eyes around him on the present occasion, and in looking up to the windows, ho wns again forcibly impressed with the truth that the Indies had enlisted in our cause. I lie sime bright eves, smiling coun tenances, and fair forms that smiled upon thu Wliics a month ago, welcomed them by waving snow-white handkerchiefs, nnd strewed their pathway with w re it i is ol (lowers and lieaulilul bonnet, wero again to be seen decorating tho window, and giving countenance not only to this meeting but to tho cmno which those comjmsiny it had ho nobly es poused, i he compliment thus paid by Mr. M. to tho fair daughters of our city was warmly and heartily rospomled to bv all present In relernng to tho recent Loco hoco Convention, licld iq ihu. pitv Mr H, stid,hiM- lid l,oor in aptfmivn three dnys,aud (izzled and luzled till Ihey had completely fizzled out. A mountain had been in labor and brought forth a moitae. To give an idea of whtt wns meant by tho term fizzled in his country, ho w-nttld tell the nnecdote wheruo it received its origin. There was a blacksmith in ( bu who hnd tho reputa tion of being a good sort of a fellow, and a chonp workman. A neighbor ol Ins hnd a piece ot iron, which ho desired wrought up into some tangible, useful shape, nnd he asked the hhcksmith what could bo mado of it Tho Smith replied bo wns of opinion that it would make a ploughshare, and went tu work to so transform it In this, however, bo failed, but came to the conclusion thnt it would mnkc an axe, be accordingly tried to mnkc that kind of nn instrument, but wns in like manner unsuccessful. I am of opinion said tho Smith, failing in tho first two attempt, that it will make a pick axe, and he tried to form it, hut ngniu f-iiled. Then, said hn, (hero can he no mistake in its making n simple wedge,, he went to work to make that, but the attempt also failed. Tho owner of tho iron by this timo grew impatient, nnd in hither an agitated manner, whilat the iron wns still hot, eagerly enquired of the Smith, "Then what tho d I will it make?" "Why, sir," was tho reply at tho same time plunging tho hot iron into tho slack tub "you ice it will mako a fiz." Such was the case with tho late harmonious Loco Foco Convention. Material had been given them out of which to notninito candidates for President anil Vice President. They tried to work it up in almost every nlnpn, but finally, ntVr reputed failures, plunged it into (heir peculiar political slack-tub and made only a glorious fiv, Mr. 8. traced the politic-il enreor of Mr. Polk and Dallas, nnd clearly shewed their opposition to those leading principles of the great Whig party, so inseparably connected with the success ol American institutions and tho encouragement of domestic industry. He spnko for Ohio and gurtnnteed for her a glorious Whig triumph at. the approaching Pre.tidnn-tial election. She stood firm by tlio principles which, liko a whirlwind, swept down and uprooted IKofocoistn in IHU). Ho nllude l also to tho subject of tho re-annexation of Texas to tho Federal Union, in a manner highly satisfactory. Sovcril questions woro propounded from the crowd, which woro answered with happy effect His speech thro-ont was repeatedly and enthusiastically cheered, and an 'I nll'inlcd to tho immense miss who heard it not only an instructive, hut highly amusing entertainment, llo closed hy proposing threo cheers for "II uinv or tiik Wkst," which were responded to nt shouts tlm rout the nlmnriphcro. Wc have only been able in this brief sketch to notice a few of tho points treated upon hy Mr. He he nek. lie is certainly ono among tho very bent popular orators. The meeting hero closed, and the ('lay Clubs with tlie banners nnd music, formed again in procession and proceeded each to their separate wnrds. Amfkh'a Hkh uui anh. A largo American Republican Association has been formed at Charles ton (H. C.) As this is a Polk state and the movement cannot by nny impudence bo charged upon tho logs, we pivo pnrtut the Kcsolutioun, HisQlrttL 1 hat the true interests ol the rnuntrv do. mniiil thnt the present existing Naturalization Laws should bo so altered nnd amended ns to require of all loreignem, who may lierealler come among ns, n residence of al least fitleon years befortj they shall exercise (he privilege of the elective franchise, main taining that the stability and future prosperity of our common country demands that tins change should tie ciicctcd. SOUND 1HILTKINK AND KKNTIMKN'T KKOM A POLITICAL OPPONKNT LKT TIIK NOllTIIKKIN POINJIIPACKS BLUSH AT TIIK KKBUKETIIUS ADMLNLSTi:itP.I! Wc admire iho hold and iu lcpcndont spirit that charac terizes the New York Evening Post. Standing, as it does, nmong tho aides t and mnvt indefatigable of llio opjuisiliou presses, iu counsels have hitherto lieen received w ilh thai deference due to talents and sagacity. Il is said lo Iw high in Iho confidence of Mr. Von Hureii, and to have a larger share of his approbation than any other paper in the country. VY hether this is correct or not, wu will nol pretend lu suy; out certain it is (hut the Post has stood hy Mr. Vim Buren in evil as well ns good report; and has never before hesi'aled or faltered in its advoenry of the doctrines anil measures of llie uiriy to which it belongs. Under such cirruinslauccs, its counsels on the present oceasion cannot fail to receive at the hands uf the candid nnd intelligent of the opposition, deep and serious considcrai ion. It has denounced the cringing subserviency of Northern men as exhibited in tho Baltimore Cotivenlioti, nud has not hesitated lo ascribe the defeat of Mr. Van Buren to Ihc dictatorial spirit of the tiouili. It has re fused lo follow the lead of those who seek lo make tho Annexation of Texas an issue between the parlies in the present contest and it lakes high moral grounds on Iho question presented. Vol, because wc have endorsed its views and allirin-cd with it and other presses thai Mr. Van Huron wns cheated oul of tho nomination, by a palpable violation of tho democratic principle, and iho craven subserviency of Northern loughfnees, il is said llinl wo pretend lo feel a great deal of sympathy for Martin an Buren, and thus show alarm al Ihc nomination of Mr. Polk. Thcnttempl lo cheer up iho doubl ing nnd wavering, nnd cnliii the parly iu favor of the nomination by Murh n shallow subterfuge, is loo preMislerout lo need notice. Wo cipress no sympathy for Mr. Van Huron. YY e have not changed our estimate of Iho man sis the least. We gave him credit for his aiiii-aunciniiou Idler, and so did tho doughfaces of the North. They turned round nml aban doned him uhcrwards,al the bidding of the tiotulq and ndopi- I an issue thai lie has repudiated. Wu denounce them for their trcacla-ry and subserviency; and they will yel learn that the people despise them for il. If they doubt it, lei them consider the following from thu New York Evening Post; and ci ther acknowledge their shame, or show wherein the rebuke of the Posi is unjust. Tlio Post is speaking of an article iu the Mndisonian: Well, if Texnfl is lost to the Union we know of several persons who will endeavor to bear the mis fortune with becoming resignation, bven .Mr. 1 yler it appears irom this article, will not submit with an ill grace. Ubservo with what dignity he shakes oil the Oust from his teet ns a testimony against those who, alter all he has uono to bring tho Texas question into our politics, have tho ingratitude not to accept him as their candidate. Not upon him will rest the responsibility ot tailing to secure the great bulwark to our domestic institutions, but upon those ho unrighteously seek to appropriate to themselves the advnniago of his meritorious labors. For our part, wo aro very sure that the sooner Texas is lost to the Union the better. Nothing but mischief has thus far proceeded from the project of annexing u iu mis country- mi iiiiainoiis iruniy, an official correspondence disgraceful to tho nation, the introduction of a now party test, which sets aside as incompetent fur public otlico tho highest talent and most exalted virtue, if its possessor bo not in fa vor of Annexation, these are the fruits of tho Texas pjcstion. and tho sooner tho root ol bitterness from which they spring is plucked up nnd cast out the better. For our part wo hope tho timo will shortly strive when wo shall hear ns little of Texas as wo do of Venezuela; or hear of her only ns a quiet noigbbor minding her own business wiUioul our interference, and occupied in those peaceful cares which best suit tho genius ol Kcpttulics. Other tidings wc pray may never be brought to our cars. meantime there is no doubt in our minds that the Texas question being no longer useful to the pur poses of personal ambition, will lose its interest for many persons. A lew candidates tor tho higher ot tices, and thousands for the inferior ones, stood armed with their fans nnd oil pots, around tho llames of the Texas agitation, aiding to mako them burn more tiercolv. Now lhat tho question of the demo cratic nomination to tho Presidency is settled, and settled iu a way with which neither Mr. Tyler, nor, if wo can trust to report, his distinguished Secretary of State, nor several other aspiring men of tho democratic party, aro exactly satisfied ; tho blazo will wo supposo be allowed to subside, and tho embers to grow cool. Personal ambition is a powcrlul Btttnu- lant to patriotism, inu it is wunderlul how quickly, when its mottvos nro withdrawn, 7.eal often lapses inu) iiiuiiiurciice' i ne speculators and those whose attachment to slavery is fanatical will do their best to koep up tho agitation, but unless they have the help of tlie politicians, they can do but little. Kmr.--Messrs. Huly &. Lingstuff's Stoam Saw Mill was destroyed by fire on Monday night Insl. Tho lire broke out nenr ten Aoie it caught is not known. The proprietors believe it to be tho work of nn incendiary, inasmuch ns tho place whero tho nnmen broke out was tar on irom tho furnace, and tho liro Mwet out" nt 7, when the Mill was nhiit up. 1 no loss sustained will bo between If and I ,( H K. Four lino horses, tho harness, the chief part of tho machinery, nnd what lumber and laths were in nnd around the building, were destroyed. The Saw Mill was a double one, having two engines nnd two setts of saws. Four horses wero iivod. Vincimutti titntttt. MimtiKiiKR Cai out. Tho Lignn (iazetto of Saturday says: 'A man was arrested in Branch Co., Michiifnn, by citizen ol Fort Wayne, (hid.) whots identified is nno of the persons riding nno of the borsos stolen from the stable of Mr. Crawford a few weeks Ago, and consequently cither the mnn who murdered M. Parish or Ins comrade. The mail carrier, Mr. Cordon, swear most positively to his identity. His name is II. F. Dublin." This Dublin bad a hearing at F null ay on Saturday week, and was fully committed for trial nt the next term of tho Hancock county court. IVtVina Ciditit. TWENTY GOOD REASONS tVhj Tex(t$ should nol be dniurtd lo the United States. The Savannah Republic furnishes tho following conciso but cogent arguments against tho Tyler schemo of Annexation: 1. Because there is nothing in the Constitution to authorize the acquisition of new territory, particularly when involving a declaration of war. v. Because to annex I exas, whilst at war with Mexico, a power with which wo aro at peace. and to which we aro bound to bo neutral, violates our treaty obligations. if. Because such a violation is wrong, and dishon ors us in the sight uf all civilized nations. 4. Because wo shall, by such a step, bo involved in nn unjust war, nnd in an unholy cause. ;. iiecnuso such a war, with such motives and for such an object, cannot bo proiecutcd with union, zeal, spirit, nnd complete success. ti. liecnttao tho design in opening tho subicct at this timo, is evidently to promote the ambitious views of John Tylor without regard to the interests of the country. 7. Bccniiso tho mnttcr has not been de ihemtelv considered by tho pooplo of this country, nor their views expressed. H. Because tho whole course of tho negotiation is dishonorable and degrading to our country, whoso dignity hns been sacrificed and overlooked to gratify private and personal ends. B. Because this country hat just emerged from great disorders of currency and commerce, nnd needs rest from trouble and agitation, nnd is not in a fit stnto to involve herself iu now difficulties and em barrassments. 10. Bee an 10 it would weaken nny rcmonitranco or opposition on our part against tho acquisition of uutia oy ureal uritain, II. Because it would bo an act of cownrdico and oppression towards Mexico, ns a weak nation, which wo siioum licsilalo to pcrKjtrnte towards a stronger ono. Pi. Decauso wo have land enough within our present boundaries moro than can bo well cultivated or properly occupied. PI. Uecauso, to till upTcxas.ndraft will bo made upon the Southern States, nnd tho new country will bo tilled up at tho expense of tho old. 11. Becaiisu, in this depopulating tho old Southern States, their political nnd moral iutluenco would bo diffused and weakened, and tho loss would outweigh tho gain. I"). Because, in a thinly settled country, the difficulties of education, of social, moral, nnd intellectual improvement, aro increased, while in a floating population Ihc lovo of country must always bo weak. hi. Because, where population il sparse, agriculture must be backward, nnd in e fleet partial. i. itecausc tho united suites would havo to ns- in no a debt of ten millions of dollars, and what wo are unwilling to do for our own States, wo ought not to do for foreigners, 1H, Uecauso tho incroaso in tho quantity of our public lands would decrease tho value of those we already jmssess. 111. Ilecauso our Oovcnimont is already nnffirient- ly unwieldy, and sectional jealousies already render it sii flic ie nil y difficult to preserve our Union, whilo the precedent would be a bail one, lead to dissun- non, and perhaps sow tho seeds of civil war. 'M). Ilecauso tho present hounilnrv of Iho Sabine was fixed by Wm, 11. Crawford, John C. Calhoun, Win. Wirt, nnTjnmes Monrne, in preference to tho Kiuuraiide, tor reasons which were then satisfactory. lliuii Bruno i ml Wo heard it said in tho street yesterday, that some man had deposited in Wash- ugton city MHUHHJ tor tho imrposo ol betling mon Polk nnd Dallas. Wo nre authorised by a number of gentlemen to inquire it such be the fact; and to say that, if it ho, thu whole will be immediately taken up. Will our friends of the Standard bo so kind ns to publish this notice, nnd let us know if the facts areas represented? itichmnntl Hhiir, Wo doubt it very much: we have honrd ol sever al beta having been mndo upon siuglo Slates, but you can't got anything like "even up" out of the party. Wo can inform our friends of tho Whig, that, should such be the fnrt, it will not be sintered to go out of the District: nil such chances as that will be "promptly attended loat tho inorfrff notice." 19 hig tViriKMrrf, A gang of counterfeiters, some lift eon or twenty, have been arrested in tho interior ot Illinois. 1 he counterfoils found in their poJiessiou wero principal ! ly half eagles. THOMillTH ON TIIK PltOPlWKIl ANfSLXATION OP TBXAS TO TIIK (JNITKD STATES. Wc have received, through the politeness of the author, a pamphlet of between M and (10 pages, containing tho substance of a series of essays, first published in llie AVn York Evening Fust, a few weeks since, over Ihc signature of " VfiTu.' These essays nre very ably written, and have been republished in many of tho eastern pajws with very high ciieoiniums upon their ineri I. They arc dedicated to (leurgn P. Barker, a distinguished Van Buren man of New York, and the fact thnt they were firs I published in a prominent and confidential organ of Mr. Van Buren, shows that they are not the production of a Whig. We find some things iu Ihc piimphlt-t, occasionally, that do not accord exactly with our views; hul, in llio main, ihc positions of the author are sound, mid he places the great questions involved in their proper light. We commend the following brief Mlracls to the candid consideration of iho people of Ohio: It is too late to attempt to make these false issues. Tho people of tho north, for a whilo, were deluded by them; llio day has now, thank Cod, gone hy. Tho question is not whether tho abolitionist aro fanatics, nor as to tho consequences of immediate emancipation; but whether slavery and the slave holding power shall be perpetuated by tho direct agency of the federal government. This is the question that the christian freemen of tho north, (the christian freemen of the south must decide, with a just view of thoir responsibility to that religion which thoy profess, and to that eiviliied world of which they aro a part Not tho south alone docs this matter by any means affecL Tho south has a far deeper, more direct, more vital interest in opposing tho annexation of Texas than any that wo of the free States can pretend. There aro in tho Blavo States multitudes of high-minded, right judging men, who perceive the mini ciiects ot slavery, and earnestly desire its ex tinction. Let theso men think well before they n b and on tho last hope of Irccing themselves and their children from tho burthen of ibis incubus. If the preceding numbers of these papers have established whnt it was undertaken to maintain, it has been shown that tho annexation of Texas cannot bo efioctcd without nn exercise of power, nt the best very doubtful, and which has been denied by some of the nblest statesmen this country hns ever produced that whether it is followed by a war with Mexico or not, it is equally a departure from our original and well established policy with respect to foreign na tions, and it must give to this country an attitude of aggression in regard lo its teeblor neighbors lhat finally it must prodigiously aggravate tho evils of slavery. II 1 hnvo succeeded in carrying tho mind of tho reader with mo thus far, it only remains to inquire wnat win do ine probable effect ot this measure upon tho union of theso States the probable effect, for ho must be presumptuous indeed who n libels to speak with confidence of the ultimate destinies of this western hemisphere. We can only argue from tho existence of certain causes to their probable effects. And nt the outset it is proper lo remark that tho results of this measure will be neither to-day nor tomorrow. If tho friends of annexation triumph, the calm nnd deliberate temper of the north will prevent any immcdiato outbreak, and wo shall be told with abundant airs of triumph, how much wo hnvo miscalculated and overrated the effects of this dreaded step. But tho destinies of nations are not decided in a day, nor yet in a generation. This republic has existed fitly yoars. Fifty years is scarcely a moment in tho life time of empires. If wo rightly apprehend tho probable consequences of tho annexation, they will bo slow, but they will bo certain, and as disastrous as certain. In the first placo another shock will be given to our faith in tho Constitution, and to tho value of constitutional law. Tho Constitution is the corner stone of all our institutions, and without a sacred ndherenco to its provisions we aro at tho mercy of llucltinling majorities, of violent factions, and selfish leaders. If tho idea onco takes root in the popular mind that tho Constitution means anything or nothing, as it suits for tho time being that it affords no harrier against tho will of the dominant party, one of the greatest safeguards of order disappears. Our government is ono of opinion. No forco upholds it; tho conlidcnco of tho people gone, it hns nothing lo fall back upon. Tho exorciso of doubtful powers, therefore, ngainst the clear conviction of any respectable minority, is always a great evil; never to bejus-tified except by some great, somo paramount necessity. No such necessity can be shown in the present case. Again, tho annexation of Texas is fraught with evil, inasmuch as it impairs, if u docs not utterly destroy, the moral tono of our government. This Republic was founded with very lofty pretensions pretensions at the outset as well founded as lofty. E-quality and justice are no unmeaning words. Men, whose superiors, whoso equal perhaps, all things considered, tho world has never seen, undertook to hold up to their fellow beings tho model of a government for admiration and for imitation. We havo assumed a superiority over tlio establishment both of the old and tho new world. Rut how aro these high vaunli to be sustained5 We already remain the only great Christian civilized slave-holding power. The faith and honor of nearly one-fourth of the Union is sunk under a mass of ex travagance and folly, only equalled by tho rrnk knavery with which il won accompanied, and wo propose now to ontcr on a career of violence and conquest. Is or is this not calculated to weaken our affections for our institutions? No government can long exist in the face of the contempt of tho world, and nothing is so likely lo excite contempt as magnificent promises followed by paltry performances. A spirit of harmony, good order, religion and jusiico justice not merely to ourselves, but to all mankind is essential to a republican form of government. It is idio to supposo a republic can rest upon force or fraud. A government without armies, based only nn the affections of tho people, must cultivate thoso affections and those virtues from which the affections spring. Change tho scene; breathe a spirit of violence, injustice, aggression and contempt of right, and your social family becomes a horde of banditti this Union sinks (o tho level of the cut-throat Republics of South America, and perishes ainidsl the scorn and execrations of mankind. There is ouo further result to bo noticed. Tho annexation of Texas will be regarded, as we have said, by tho North, as a determination on the part of the South to render slavery perpetual. What will he tho effect of such an announcement upon this Union? Rightly to answer this question, it is necessary to understand distinctly tho existing temper of the North, and the difficulties that the Union will havo to encounter. A very pcrcepiiblo change of feeling has taken placo wiihiu tho last ten years. It is as auspicious to freedom ns it is ominous to tho perpetuation of slavery. When the nbolitiunnts first commenced their career, tho violonce of tho South, the action of tho federal government then in the firm hands of Jackson, and tho timidity of tho North all conspired to produce a state of things as alarming ns it wns short lived. The abolitionists wero hunted down; thoy were mado the victims of every species of innb-violenco, tho mails woro stopped, gag-rules forced through Congress, and tho whulo lido of freedom was turned backward. But this state of things, in its nature, could not long Inst; men of all parties and no parly came to tho rescuo Adams, Luggott, Clmnning boarded tho popular lion, and from that timo a reaction became mamlusL Hostility to slavery has largely infiltrated itself in to both Iho political parties; prominent democrats havo denounced slnvo rule on tho floor of Congress, while their opponents are still moro xoalous. This state of thing has been grcallv nccclcrnted bv tho unreasonable violence, tho overbearing and tho men-nro of tho South. And how can it he otherwise? Tho interests, the feelings, tho prejudices of tho iionn nro nil in tavor ot Ireedom. Tho example ot England, tho taunts and scoff of all that is liberal in Europe, urge on somo, whilo tho voice of religion carries conviction to others. Thus is growing and swelling at the North a spirit of hostility to slavery wnicii threatens immediate collision, and winch nothing but extreme good temper, conciliation and forbearance on tho part of tho South, could possibly si-lenco or nl I iv. It is not now abulitiun-fnnnticisin with which they havo to contend. It is a growing, it promise soon to bo a unanimous conviction ou tho part of eight millions of freemen, that slavery is incompatible with freedom: nnd that they nre bound in every constitutional way to limit its inlluence mid oppose its extension. Whnt will bo the feeling of this population when told thnt slavery is rendered perpetual, that the child just born cannot look forward to extremist old ago witn any hope, ot ncciug it abolished, and that wo and our descendants, bo fur as human ken :nn go, must through all lime bear the slmuie and odium of this institution. With whnt feelings of respect or regard will they look upon tho government thus false to its own principles nml to iho destiny of llie race? What other tie will bind tho nation logether but the mere sordid bond ofumterinl interest? A -id how long is thin like ly To resist the angry passions nnd fiercs collision which wo are inevitably destined to meet? On the other hand, what is ihu temper at the South, nnd what is it likely to bo when Texas shall be annexed? j Thowisa men among them are daily deploring the violonce and infatuation which ruin their councils. Menace, lawless language, and personal violence have mado Congress a scene of disgraceful brawls. Their conduct, in particular instances, seems ingeniously devised for llie purpose of exasperating tho North. Iu tho nomination of 3Ir. Everett, who had expressed a desire to abolish slavery in the District, many suuthcrn senators openly avowed their determination of rejecting him on this ground alone; and tho nomination of Mr. Chancellor Walworth was recently placed iu jeopardy for no other reason than lhat, ten ycarB ago, he had, in a judicial opinion, declared "slavery to be a national as well as local evil." It is thus that whig and democrat, alternately brow-beaten and insulted, put to tho ban for want of fidelity to slavery alone, aro compelled to moke common cause against tho oppression of this common foe. What is likely to be the stale of things if Texas is annexed? How is it possiblotoendurolhat which we shall bo compelled to receive at tho hands of slave-holding legislators? Tho stalo of things will be peculiarly propitious to discord and disunion; in the Senate, the two powers will be balanced at least so long as Texas constitutes but ono Slate; in the Houio, tho free States will have a great and increasing majority, while the topics of excitement and irritation will be of daily occurrence. With Of cry census tho slave representation increases, with every census tho representation of property increases, and in another half century we shall nave six or seven millions of slaves actually voted upon in tho IIouso of Representatives, In this state of things, that tho existence of the Union must becomo extremely pro-carious, seems scarcely to admit of doubt Sumo external danger, war perhaps, might bo sufficient to keep us together; but it eeeins in tlie last degree improbable that an empiro so divided by its education, its associations, and its prejudices, where the government is so weak, and purty spirit so strong, enn long remain united. Tlie statesmen of the North must either silence their convictions, stifle thoir opinions, nnd dwindle lo tho mere puppets of aslave-holding policy, or they will bo forbidden to sharo in tho honors of the central government None but slnvo holders, or their satellites, need aspire to federal honors. All the spirits of tho North, who would not submit lo so degrading a vassalage, would either concentrate their energies to effect the annihilation of slavery, or seek a melancholy alternative in disunion. A IIouso of Representatives controlled by the prejudices, or. if you plense, the fnnnticistn of freedom, would be feebly checked by a s I avo-hold ing Senate; and, in such a state of things, how much tho Constitution would be regarded in tho conflict of violent and contending parties, repeated experienco leaves no room furqiiestion. Tho annexation ot lexosmust do, in our judgment, fatal to the perpetuation of this Union nut that it will result in any violent outbreak, but that such a Btato of temper will bo produced as to render tho harmonious action of tho governmentimpracticable. Fiftr rears, it most be remembered, havo vastlv changed the relations of the members of this confed eracy, both as regards themselves and loteign pow ers, l he union was the result ol a common interest and a common npprrehension; lo these, nobler impulses wero added; but the debates in Iho convention render it manifest that nothing but tho timidity of the free States induced them to mako those great compromises of principle so apparent in tho federal charter. These original causes aro greatly weakened. Tho northern Slates, densely peopled with a hardy ami industrious race, connected in every direction by railroads and canals, self-dependent and independent, aro no longer compelled to seek refuge in tho arms of other Stales. A common interest still attracts them to the Union, a pride in the great names of tho revolution binds them to it; but no necessity retains thorn in tho confederacy. Tho fear of foreign dom ination is obsolete 1 ho tree States havo in them selves at this moment, in their commorco, their agriculture and their manufactures, all Iho elements of independent empire. Is it wise to say to tins peoplo that slavery is perpetual? Is it wise to declare that wo nave perpetually incorporated with tho rcpublio n system which oppresses one raco and degrades another; which degrades labor, engondors violence, stifles opinion, and is as odious to freemen as it must be hateful to Cod? For one, I do not wish to see tho experiment tried. I do not wish to soe the religious opinions, the feelings, tho prejudices of tho northern States tried to this extent Such treasures as we possess arc not thus to bo trifled with. It is not nocessary to deny that under some circumstances it might bo pleasing to contemplate tho annexation of Texas to our own dominion. If (here woro no constitutional difficulty, if it involved no violntion of faith as regards Mexico, no oxlonsion of slavery, nothing could in thatcaso be moro agreeable to an Amorican Statesman than to sco tho great area of this republic enlarged, it would bo a new triumph of the Anglo-Saxon, an extension of freedom, the progress of a purer Christianity. Thore can be no doubt, whether it is to be effected by our government by the people of Texas, or by some yet more desrate adventurers, thnt tho descendants of tlio indomitable race from which wo sprung must possess this continent from the Atlan tic to tho Pacific. Tho feebler peoplo succumb to the more powerful, such has been the invariable course of empire in either hemisphere; whether under the pacific policy of Peon or the fierce nnd op- Eressive rule of Hastings, the ignorant and tho fee-le possessor of the soil must yield to Iho braver and more competent invader but this inevitable course of events forms no necessary portion of tho destinies of this government it is not our incumbent duty lo overturn the rising governments of Mexico or Central America, and in tho name ofcivilizationand reli gion to subjugate and oppress tho nations who now people those beautiful lands. That revolution may be effected silently and peaceably without tho ngon-cy of governments, without political amalgamation, by the mere operation of material intorests and commercial relations. This government has other nnd higher destinies to fulfil; it is the hope of the world, it is the only country whoso institutions profess to bo based upon jusiico, whore no armed soldiery stifle tho expression of opinion, whero no opulent aristocracy humbles the laboring class, where property is equally diffused, the only country where man, in any proper wnso of the word, enjoys freedom, that treasure it is ours t preserve, and it can only be presorved by maintaining in their original purity thoso institutions on Iho original of which a benignant Providence smiled. By a rigid adhoronco to justice, by a sacred obo- . dienco to that instrument which we aro all pledge to support inviolate, and by a scorn and hatred of op prcssion, can wo alone maintain thoso liberties which constitute all for which this life is worth tho having. t England desires and oxorts hersolf in the way of honorable and opencounsel for the abolition of slavery in Texas and throughout the world ; because shu will adviso such a course on all propor cccasiona, therefore wo must annex Texas to protect and per-potnnto slavery; and Mr. Calhoun writes a letter to Mr. Pnckenham, April 1Mb, ft4 If, in which ho gocti into a labored de lenco of slavery, seems almost to doubt whether (he free States have done well in a-bolishing it; declares (hat Texas is to be annexed to guard against tho danger of its being abolished in tho Southern Slates; and finally doc lares, "that WHAT IS ('At.l.FP SI.AVKHT IS IN RKALITr A MUTI-CAI. INSTITl'TIO.1 ESSENTIAL TO TIIK MACK, SA Kit-TV ao rnosi'KRiTv ov those Status or tui: U.1N1.N IN WHICH IT EXISTS." The veil is rent, and fortunately rent in timo Texas is to bo annexed, lor the sola nnd nnlv ob ject of pcriHMiinting slavery. hat u tnlhd neo r;i is essential to those States where it exists no mailer whero, in Virginia or Carolina, ou the wheat (ield or rico plantation, in Missouri or Alabama, slavery is essential to thu States whore it exists. 1 his monstrous language is tho delibernlo declara tion of the tint cahmol otliccr of tho first f hke gov ernment in me worio. The gamo is now manifest "England," it seems "is tint fret from the msu'cion of having atlemfdcdlo nfmtish srreery in (Ww." (Upshur to Kvcrclt, J."ih Sept. lK4:t.) It is evident lhat this presents to tho people of tho Union a question entirely now and which they cannot avoid. Tins issue is not as to abolition of slavery in tho Southern Slates, tho District, nor tho Territories of tho Union, but whether this government shall devoto its whole energies to tho perpoluation of slavery; whether all the sister republics on this continent which desire to abolish slavery, are to bo dragooned by us into tho suport uf this institution. Hereto the watch-word has been nou-mlervuntiuii in the domestic a flairs of the South. Now it is intervention with foreign nations to protect, extern! and perpetuate thosu institutions. It is perlcctly evident that this cause is suicidal, and equally evident that no portion of the Union can for a moment bo deluded by it. It destroys tho last hope of nil tho Middlu Slates from Virg.nis to Missouri for tho -iboliiion of tho institution, and covers the North with nil its sin, odium and ruin; yet this is the policy fur which Mr. Calhoau has thu ainsting boldness